Star Ferry Pier
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- For another Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, see Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier.
“Star Ferry” Pier (Traditional Chinese: 天星碼頭) is part of the Central Ferry Piers. “Star Ferry” offers ferry service across Victoria Harbour to Hung Hom Pier and another Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon Peninsula.
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[edit] History
Built in 1957, the 3rd generation Star Ferry Pier was a pier near Edinburgh Place in the Central, Hong Kong, on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The pier was near the City Hall and General Post Office. It was connected by various bus routes of NWFB and Citybus, connecting some famous spots of Hong Kong Island. There were also a number of maxicab routes.
The pier at Edinburgh Place was moved forward towards the Victoria Harbour owing to new reclamation for building new roads. The pier was moved to Pier 7 and 8 on the reclaimed land on November 12, 2006, which is around 300 metres away from the old pier and modelled after the 1912 Edwardian-style Star pier. The new pier is located directly in front of the old pier and built on landfill. While the new pier feature a clock tower, the clock will have electronic chimes instead of a manual mechanism.
[edit] Controversial issues
The Hong Kong government plans to demolish the Star Ferry Pier. This plan has sparked much discussion, ever since the demolition schedule was made public.
The Star Ferry Pier is well-known because of its unique bells of the antique tower have marked every quarter-hour since 1957, when Hong Kong’s industry was just taking off, till the present.
The most recent controversy to trigger public discussion is the plan to demolish the Central Star Ferry Pier to give way to the Wan Chai-Central bypass.
The Hong Kong government plans to build a six-lane road and a low-rise shopping centre, which will require 16 hectares of reclaimed land directly in front of the existing terminal.
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