First Ferry Strengthens Service for Bun
Festival in Cheung Chau
Afternoon Report

Hong Kong - The Cheung Chau Bun Festival Grand Parade has been successfully kicked off at 2:00pm today. From 3:00pm, visitors began to leave Cheung Chau for Central. New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") has arranged supplementary sailings and strengthened frontline manpower by over 30% with a view to facilitating passenger flow.

From 3:00pm to 5:00pm, First Ferry has doubled the number of sailings from Cheung Chau to Central with a departure every 15-20 minutes. Listed below is the number of passengers taking First Ferry travelling between Central and Cheung Chau from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Number of passengers travelling from Cheung Chau to Central is expected to increase to over 14,000 by 6:00pm.

During the Festival, passengers travelling between Central and Cheung Chau may have to wait longer for embarkation. Frequency and departure time of sailings may need to be adjusted as circumstances required or subject to the instructions of the Hong Kong Police or related government departments. To meet the upsurge of demand, First Ferry has deployed all available stand-by vessels to provide supplementary sailings and the maximum hourly passenger carrying capacity is twice of the regular schedule. Passengers are requested to follow the instructions of the Hong Kong Police and be patient while waiting for embarkation.

In connection with the Bun Scrambling Competition to be held at midnight, First Ferry will provide one supplementary ordinary ferry sailing at 1:15am on 3 May (Sunday) for passengers bounding for Central after the competition. As only limited quota is available for the public to watch the competition at the venue, members of the public are advised to pay attention to the announcement of the organizer and the media reports before they leave home.

(Next report will be released at 9:30pm)

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