First Ferry joins in the Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Additional sailings will be arranged to meet the upsurge in demand

12/05/2010 17:30

Hong Kong - "Cheung Chau Bun Festival" is around the corner and the compellent festival climaxes, "Grand Parade" & "Bun Scrambling Competition", will be held in the afternoon of 21 May 2010 and at midnight of 22 May 2010 respectively. New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") will enhance ferry services by arranging supplementary sailings in these two days to meet the upsurge in demand of ferry services plying between Central and Cheung Chau.

The Cheung Chau Bun Festival Grand Parade will take place at around 2:00pm on 21 May 2010 (Friday) and the expected peak period of passenger flow from Central to Cheung Chau will be from 9:00am to 1:00pm. During the peak period, First Ferry will arrange extra vessels to channelize the passenger flow and maximum hourly carrying capacity is expected to increase by 150%. In connection with the Bun Scrambling Competition that will be held at midnight of 22 May 2010 (Saturday), First Ferry will arrange an supplementary ordinary ferry sailing at 1:15am for passengers to return to Central after the competition.

Passengers going to Cheung Chau on the event day are encouraged to arrive at Central Pier 5 earlier for embarkation patiently and follow the instructions of the Hong Kong Police.

For enquiries, please contact First Ferry Customer Service Hotline at (852) 2131 8181 or visit First Ferry Website http://www.nwff.com.hk/.

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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 North Point-Hung Hom and North Point- 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 35,000 passengers (as of 30 June, 2011).

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 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), Construction & Transport (Hip Hing Construction and bus and ferry services) and Strategic Investments (Newton Resources, Tricor, Haitong and securities investments).

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First Ferry joins in the Cheung Chau Bun Festival Additional sailings will be arranged to meet the upsurge in demand

First Ferry joins in the Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Additional sailings will be arranged to meet the upsurge in demand