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Ngau Tau Kok Ferry Pier () (1953 - 1960s) was a
ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
pier in Ngau Tau Kok in Kwun Tong District,
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. Its location is now near Wharf T&T Square (), Wai Yip Street (). The pier started operation in 1953 and it provided
ferry A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
service to
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and walla-walla service to North Point respectively. In the 1960s, it was relocated to the junction of Hoi Bun Road () and Tsun Yip Street () to cope with the
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and it was renamed to " Kwun Tong Ferry Pier".牛頭角碼頭 (Chinese Version)
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Demolished piers in Hong Kong Ngau Tau Kok Victoria Harbour 1953 establishments in Hong Kong {{NewKowloon-geo-stub