First Ferry enhances ferry services in Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Noon Report

21/05/2010 12:00

Hong Kong - In connection with today's Cheung Chau Bun Festival, New World First Ferry Services Limited ("First Ferry") has arranged supplementary sailings plying between Central and Cheung Chau from 8:00am onwards to channelize the passenger flow.

From 8:00am to 12:00nn, First Ferry has increased the number of sailings plying between Central and Cheung Chau by 200%, with 5-6 sailings departing per hour. Here below shows the number of passengers taking First Ferry from Central to Cheung Chau between 8:00am and 12:00nn.

Time	Direction	Number of Passengers
8:00am - 12:00nn	Central to Cheung Chau	17,000

During the Festival, passengers traveling between Central and Cheung Chau may need to wait longer for embarkation. Sailing schedules and departure time of sailings shall be adjusted according to the actual situation or subject to the instructions of the Hong Kong Police or related government departments. To meet the upsurge in demand, First Ferry has deployed all available stand-by vessels to provide supplementary sailings and the maximum hourly carrying capacity is twice of the normal capacity. Passengers are requested to follow the instructions of the Hong Kong Police and be patient while waiting for embarkation.

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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 enhances ferry services in Cheung Chau Bun Festival Noon Report

First Ferry enhances ferry services in Cheung Chau Bun Festival
Noon Report