Central Ferry Piers, Hong Kong

View of the Central Ferry Piers in 2010

Central Ferry Piers Clock Tower

Pier 2: to Park Island.

Pier 7: Star Ferry to Tsim Sha Tsui: One of the "finger piers" of Cental Piers

former Pier 8: Hong Kong Maritime Museum

Pier 9: Public Pier

The Central Ferry Piers (Chinese: 中環碼頭) are situated on the northeast part of Central, Hong Kong Island. The ferries mostly depart to Outlying Islands in the New Territories, with the exception of Pier 1 serving as a government pier, and ferries from Pier 7 going to Kowloon.

Ferry services

The destinations or uses of the piers are as follows:

• Pier 1: Government of Hong Kong pier
• Pier 2: Park Island
• Pier 3: Discovery Bay
• Pier 4: Lamma Island, with the western pier going to Sok Kwu Wan and the eastern pier to Yung Shue Wan.
• Pier 5: Cheung Chau^[1]
• Pier 6: western pier: Peng Chau - eastern pier: Mui Wo^[2]
• Pier 7: Star Ferry service to Tsim Sha Tsui
• Pier 8: Hong Kong Maritime Museum (formerly used by Star Ferry for route to Hung Hom)
• Pier 9: Public pier
• Pier 10: Public pier

Star Ferry Pier, Central is a "movable name", which now refers to the "fourth generation" Star Ferry pier, aka Pier 7 in Central.

Former piers

• Queen's Pier, Edinburgh Place, was completely demolished in February 2008
• Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier - "third generation" Star Ferry pier, abandoned in November 2006

Events

In 2011, after the closure of its flagship store in Pedder Building in October 2011, due to rising rent,^[3] Shanghai Tang set up several project units to continue its presence in Central, namely “A New Journey as a Nomad of Central,” in a series of Mongolian gers, imported from Mongolia, on the roof of Pier 1 from 4 November to 31 December 2011.^[4]

See also

• Outlying Islands Ferry Pier

References

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Coordinates: 22°17′14″N 114°09′33″E / 22.28722°N 114.15917°E / 22.28722; 114.15917