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| Traditional Chinese | 觀塘碼頭 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 观塘码头 | ||||||||||
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Kwun Tong Ferry Pier (Chinese:觀塘碼頭) is a ferry pier situated on Hoi Yuen Road,Kwun Tong,Kowloon,Hong Kong. The pier was originally situated atNgau Tau Kok called "Ngau Tau Kok Ferry Pier" (Chinese:牛頭角碼頭), but during the 1960s, due toreclamation work, the pier was moved to Kwun Tong.
The ferry pier complex consists of three piers: a passenger ferry pier, a vehicular ferry pier and a public pier. Parts of the ground floor and upper floor of the vehicular ferry pier were used as Kwun Tong Driving School. There is afootbridge linking Kwun Tong Ferry Pier andManulife Financial Centre.
The passenger ferry pier used to provide services to bothShau Kei Wan andNorth Point, but after theShau Kei Wan service was terminated, its half of the ferry pier was converted into a supermarket. As business declined it also closed. Today it is no longer occupied, but is sometimes used as exhibition space.
There is abus terminus, which is known asKwun Tong Ferry, is the largest bus terminus inKwun Tong District.
Kwun Tong Ferry Pier was formerly one of the major piers used byHongkong and Yaumati Ferry. It provided regular car ferry and passenger ferry services toCentral,North Point andShau Kei Wan.
But with the opening of theMTR and the opening of theEastern Harbour Crossing, both the car and passenger numbers dwindled and the ferry services were terminated. However, ferry services between Kwun Tong,North Point andMui Wo are still operated byHongkong and Yaumati Ferry, as vehicles with dangerous goods are prohibited from using any one of the cross harbour tunnels.[1]
Today,Fortune Ferry (Chinese:富裕小輪) still provides a regular service between Kwun Tong and North Point via the Kai Tak Runway Park Pier. Foot passenger fare HK$5, bicycles $5.50; the journey time is approximately 12 minutes.[2]
Coral Sea Ferry (Chinese:珊瑚海船務) also provides a regularKai-to ferry service between Kwun Tong Public Pier andSai Wan Ho every half hour, fare HK$9; the journey time is approximately 15 minutes.[3]
The 1999 filmThe Legend of Speed byAndrew Lau, featuringEkin Cheng andCecilia Cheung, used the pier as the location for the starting/ending point for the car racing scenes.
