A BABY girl made her debut a little earlier than expected yesterday, arriving on a Discovery Bay ferry with a little help from the crew.
More than 70 passengers aboard the vessel, mainly workers on their way home and a few Discovery Bay residents, laughed and applauded the first cries of the 3.4-kilogram baby.
But to her Indian parents, Rekiminoo and Shernaz Wadia, it all happened too soon.
The excitement began with the departure of the 3.40 pm ferry to Central being delayed for five minutes to take Mrs Wadia on a stretcher, accompanied by her husband and an ambulance officer, to hospital.
Ship's master Leung Cheuk-to, 35, urged passengers to make room in the centre cabin for Mrs Wadia.
Chief engineer Cheng Hing-kwong, 61, went to help with Mrs Wadia's respirator and other life-saving equipment.