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

02/05/2009 21:30

Hong Kong - To cope with the Cheung Chau Bun Festival today, New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") has arranged supplementary sailings plying between Central and Cheung Chau today and strengthened frontline manpower by over 30% with a view to facilitating passenger flow.

During the peak hours, First Ferry has increased the number of sailings plying between Central and Cheung Chau by 150% with departure every 5 -15 minutes. Listed below is the number of passengers taking First Ferry travelling between Central and Cheung Chau from 8:00am to 9:00pm.

Time	Direction	No. of Passengers
8:00am - 9:00pm	Central → Cheung Chau	About 31,000
	Cheung Chau → Central	About 27,000
	Total	About 58,000

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.

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New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") operates five inner harbour and outlying island ferry routes in Hong Kong, including Hung Hom-North Point and Hung Hom-Kowloon City, as well as Central-Cheung Chau, Central-Mui Wo and Inter Islands (between Peng Chau, Mui Wo, Chi Ma Wan and Cheung Chau). First Ferry has a daily traffic footfall up to 34,000 passengers (as of 31 December, 2009).

First Ferry is jointly owned by Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited and NWS Holdings Limited. NWS Holdings Limited ("NWS Holdings", Hong Kong stock code: 659), the infrastructure and service flagship of New World Development Company Limited (Hong Kong stock code: 17), embraces a diversified range of businesses in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Macau. Its Infrastructure portfolio includes Roads, Energy, Water and Ports & Logistics projects. Its Services division comprises Facilities Management (the management of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and Free Duty), Contracting & Transport (Hip Hing Construction and bus and ferry services) and Financial Services (Tricor).

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

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