Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier is a ferry pier located on the waterfront of Yung Shue Wan in Yung Shue Wan Main Street, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. There are two ferry routes provided in the pier. One is the service between Yung Shue Wan and Central, operated by Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry.[1] Another one is the service between Yung Shue Wan and Aberdeen via Pak Kok Tsuen, operated by Tsui Wah Ferry.[2]
 Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier | |
| Locale | Yung Shue Wan Main Street, Lamma Island |
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| Operator | Transport Department |
| Maintained by | Civil Engineering and Development Department |
| Characteristics | |
| ID number | IP064 |
| History | |
| Opening date | 4 September 1987 |
| Coordinates | 22°13′35″N 114°06′32″E / 22.226338°N 114.108788°E |
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| Traditional Chinese | 榕樹灣渡輪碼頭 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 榕树湾渡轮码头 | ||||||||||||
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History
editThe Yung Shue Wan Public Pier was opened in 1964, but the facilities are very rudimentary, the piers are narrow and lack of lighting and complete equipment, which is not enough to cope with the large number of tourists.[3] In view of this, the government planned in 1982 to build a ferry pier on the 0.44 hectare seabed next to the public pier, with two berthing locations and other supporting facilities.
In 1983, the government planned to spend HK$66.5 million to improve various constructions on Lamma Island, one of which was to expand the Yung Shue Wan Pier[4] and set aside HK$10 million in the following year for the projects to improve Outlying Islands and New Territories ferry piers by the Public Works Department. However, the number of passengers on the route from Central to Yung Shue Wan was only 2,400 at that time. In addition, Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry would not dispatch three-tier ships to sail in the short term, and the improvement works of the pier were also shelved.
In 1985, the Civil Engineering and Development Department invited tenders for the construction of the Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier. The project included a pier building with a covered waiting room, ticket office and other facilities. At the same time, the bridge between the pier and Yung Shue Wan Main Street was also widened to 65 metres,[5] thereby improving ferry services.[6]
The new Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier opened on 4 September 1987.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Ferry Service Timetable & Faretable (Central ↔ Yung Shue Wan)" (PDF). Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Franchised and Licensed Ferry Service Details". Transport Department. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "小輪泊岸不放跳板 南丫婦人墮海嚇病 當地居民盼小輪公司改善服務". Ta Kung Pao. 12 March 1976.
- ^ "供應食水建消防局小輪碼頭 港府耗資六千多萬 改善南丫島生活環境". Wah Kiu Yit Po. 14 August 1983.
- ^ "南丫島榕樹灣 擴建公衆碼頭 並擴闊碼頭行人橋". Wah Kiu Yit Po. 2 June 1985.
- ^ Hong Kong 1986. Hong Kong: Government Printing Department. p. 136.
- ^ "榕樹灣碼頭定九四啟用 至中環小輪班期無更改". Wah Kiu Yit Po. 2 September 1987.
