Kowloon City Ferry Pier () is a

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Ma Tau Kok Ma Tau Kok Road Old apartments Ma Tau Kok () is a place north of To Kwa Wan, south-east of modern-day Ma Tau Chung and south-west of the former Kai Tak Airport (now Kai Tak Development) in Hong Kong. It was a cape in Kowloon Bay in Victoria Harbo ...

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. It is at the north of

Hoi Sham Park Hoi Sham Island (), also called To Kwa Wan Island (), was an island in Kowloon Bay off the coast of To Kwa Wan, Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. It was connected to the mainland as a consequence of land reclamation, and it is now part of Hoi Sha ...

and the east of

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History

The pier started operation in 1956 and was the first permanent pier in Hong Kong built after

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. It had ferry services to

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and

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(later

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) and a

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ferry service to North Point (ceased operation in 1998).

Current transportation

The pier currently has only one ferry service, to North Point, operated by

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.Kowloon City - North Point Ferry Service
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outside the pier.

References

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