https://www.scmp.com/rss/51352/feed New World Development Co (HK stock code 0017) is a Hong Kong conglomerate with operations in property, infrastructure, transport, retailing telecommunications and bus and ferry (New World First Ferry) operations.It is controlled by Chow Tai Fook, a holding company owned by businessman Cheng Yu-tung. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Hong Kong’s public transport has been dealt a fresh blow by the fifth wave of the coronavirus outbreak, with patronage down 40 per cent, according to Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan. In a weekly blog post on Saturday, Chan said the city’s tightened social-distancing measures had affected livelihoods, as many of the industry’s self-employed drivers had suffered significant income losses. The latest round of social-distancing restrictions, which came into effect on Thursday, are... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3166811/coronavirus-hong-kongs-public-transport-hit-hard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3166811/coronavirus-hong-kongs-public-transport-hit-hard?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 12 Feb 2022 09:11:17 +0000 The new owner of struggling Hong Kong franchised bus firms Citybus and New World First Bus has sold its 27-year stake in contactless payment company Octopus Holdings. Without revealing the proceeds of the sale, Bravo Transport Services said it sold 2.78 million shares in Octopus to the smart card company’s controlling shareholder, railway giant MTR Corporation. Its remaining 600,000 shares in Octopus will be sold to another company. The company said on Monday that the fifth wave of coronavirus... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3164580/owner-hong-kongs-citybus-new-world-first-bus-sells?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3164580/owner-hong-kongs-citybus-new-world-first-bus-sells?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:43:31 +0000 Adrian Cheng Chi-kong, the third-generation scion of one of Hong Kong’s wealthiest families and largest conglomerates, is poised to list a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in New York, joining the hottest fad to grip the global capital markets. The blank cheque company, Artisan Acquisition Company, will raise up to US$345 million in an initial public offering on Nasdaq, according to a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The transaction is being sponsored by one of Cheng’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3126857/adrian-chengs-spac-poised-raise-us345-million-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3126857/adrian-chengs-spac-poised-raise-us345-million-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Mar 2021 01:54:14 +0000 Cargo transport firm Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) said on Monday that it plans to acquire 60 per cent of New World First Ferry Services from NWS Holdings for HK$232.8 million (US$30 million). Set up in 1999, NWFF runs five inner harbour and outlying island ferry routes in Hong Kong. Following the purchase, due to be completed on May 31, NWFF will become a non-wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed CKSG. The remaining 40 per cent will be continue to be owned by conglomerate NWS... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3082815/hong-kongs-new-world-first-ferry-services-be-acquired-chu-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3082815/hong-kongs-new-world-first-ferry-services-be-acquired-chu-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2020 12:57:33 +0000 Hong Kong’s ferries and kaitos are marvellous: inexpensive, reasonably frequent and, at best, an unadorned harbour cruise that could justly impose a levy for the panoramas to port and starboard. Apart from that, they’re rubbish. Grimy, down at heel and poorly fitted out, they’re a lousy reflection of the picturesque waters they sail and Hong Kong’s sterling reputation as a city that once set the benchmark for world class. At many piers, a trip on one of the boats gets off to an ominous start... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3045334/come-hong-kong-its-time-upgrade-substandard?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/short-reads/article/3045334/come-hong-kong-its-time-upgrade-substandard?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:30:05 +0000 Hong Kong faces a massive economic bill, including an unprecedented level of invoked insurance coverage, as the scars left by the city’s most intense storm on record emerge following the weekend’s terrifying ordeal. One assessor estimated that claims could exceed US$1 billion, which would make Typhoon Mangkhut the most destructive storm in local history. The typhoon slammed into Hong Kong on Sunday and tore through cities in neighbouring Guangdong province before landing in the city of... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2164599/typhoon-mangkhut-bill-could-set-hong-kong-record?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2164599/typhoon-mangkhut-bill-could-set-hong-kong-record?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:01:01 +0000 Typhoon Mangkhut left more than 600 sections of road across Hong Kong blocked by strewn trees and other debris, officials revealed on Monday morning. And commuters were left confused and angry as they tried to get to work during large-scale suspensions of rail and bus services caused by the storm. Hong Kong airport’s two runways to remain open for 48 hours to clear 2,000 flights The city’s major bus companies announced they would continue to suspend most services, while ferry and rail operators... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2164461/hong-kong-faces-traffic-chaos-mtr-and-bus-routes-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2164461/hong-kong-faces-traffic-chaos-mtr-and-bus-routes-after?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Sep 2018 01:15:00 +0000 Hong Kong’s wealthiest are not what they used to be. Where and how fortunes were made very much charted how quickly they grew their billions in the two decades since Hong Kong returned to Chinese power in 1997. Just as the property business was the mainstay to their rise and success in the 1980s and 1990s, diversification into other industries and geographies became the key to their wealth. No other tycoon exemplifies the change as well as Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man. Li’s estimated net... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2100424/secret-hong-kong-tycoons-success-one-word-diversify?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2100424/secret-hong-kong-tycoons-success-one-word-diversify?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Jun 2017 04:30:45 +0000 Transport authorities are proposing to raise subsidies for ferry routes to outlying islands to nearly HK$200 million in order to keep services going, prompting one lawmaker to say the government may be better off running the ferry routes itself. Officials were also considering adding an extra storey and roof terraces to three piers in Central to increase rental revenue to help pay for the routes, lawmakers heard yesterday. The three-year licences are due to expire next year, and Secretary for... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1245318/hk200m-keep-ferries-afloat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1245318/hk200m-keep-ferries-afloat?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The government plans to spend almost HK$610 million adding space for shops to three Central ferry piers as a form of cross-subsidy to help boat operators stay afloat in the long term. Lawmakers heard yesterday that the work to raise the height of piers 4 to 6 by three floors was expected to be completed in phases from 2015 to 2018. A funding request will be submitted for approval on July 5. The three piers now serve Lamma Island, Peng Chau, Mui Wo and Cheung Chau on routes operated by Hong Kong... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1242222/shops-piers-set-boost-ailing-ferry-companies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1242222/shops-piers-set-boost-ailing-ferry-companies?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Ferry companies have experienced difficulties in securing new life jackets due to rising demand after a fatal collision at sea last month, operators say. There is a wait of at least a month before suppliers can fulfil orders placed after the National Day crash. Before the accident, deliveries could be made in half the time, they said. "Life jackets have become a hot item after October 1," a spokesman for New World First Ferry said. First Ferry said it had rejected a batch of life jackets ordered... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1087757/ferry-firms-face-month-wait-life-jackets-after-lamma-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1087757/ferry-firms-face-month-wait-life-jackets-after-lamma-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A new safety scare has hit ferries to outlying islands: passengers are covering up smoke alarms in toilets on board so they can have a sneaky smoke. Less than a month after 39 people lost their lives in a ferry disaster off Lamma Island, the operator of New World First Ferry Services admitted that it had found cases of passengers lighting up after blocking potentially life-saving smoke detectors. The company was conducting more checks but had also called in the Tobacco Control Office because, it... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1071398/questions-raised-over-smoke-alarms-ferries-blocked-smokers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1071398/questions-raised-over-smoke-alarms-ferries-blocked-smokers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 An attempt to close the gap between holiday and regular day fares on Cheung Chau ferries floundered in the Court of First Instance yesterday. However, the applicant - a candidate in the upcoming District Council elections - promises to fight on. The judicial review was instigated by Kwok Cheuk-kin, chairman of the Cheung Chau Neighbourhood Association and a candidate in next month's election for the Cheung Chau South constituency. Kwok claimed that the commissioner for transport broke a promise... https://www.scmp.com/article/981224/court-overrules-ferry-fees-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/981224/court-overrules-ferry-fees-complaint?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Higher ferry fares took effect yesterday despite a looming legal challenge over price gaps. Trips to and from outlying island communities - apart from Mui Wo, where fares rose on April 1 - cost up to HK$4.10 more. But questions remain over the future of the fare structure after a Cheung Chau community leader was granted a judicial review of what he says is a broken government promise to narrow the gap between weekday fares and those charged on Sundays and public holidays. An islands district... https://www.scmp.com/article/972336/ferry-fares-increase-challenges-loom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/972336/ferry-fares-increase-challenges-loom?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:00:00 +0000 A resident of Cheung Chau who accused the transport chief of breaking a promise on ferry fares between Central and the island was granted a judicial review yesterday. Kenny Kwok Cheuk-kin, chairman of the Cheung Chau neighbourhood association, says the commissioner for transport reneged on a written pledge to narrow the difference between Monday-to-Saturday fares and those on Sundays and public holidays to less than 20 per cent, half the existing gap. But Kwok failed to persuade the court to... https://www.scmp.com/article/971991/judicial-review-granted-ferry-fares?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/971991/judicial-review-granted-ferry-fares?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Transport chiefs broke a promise that Sunday and public holiday fares on ferries between Central and Cheung Chau would be not be more than 20 per cent above those for the rest of the week, an islander claims in an application for judicial review. Kenny Kwok Cheuk-kin, chairman of the Cheung Chau neighbourhood association, wants a court to consider whether it was legal for the head of the Transport Department on a pledge made in a letter to him dated December 21 last year. In the letter, seen... https://www.scmp.com/article/971006/transport-chiefs-taken-court-over-ferry-fares?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/971006/transport-chiefs-taken-court-over-ferry-fares?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Lack of rail link on bridge a major mistake I refer to your editorial, 'Bridge traffic already running into problems' (April 14). It is becoming all too apparent that the structures that will link Hong Kong with Zhuhai and Macau are following in the best Japanese traditions of infrastructure planning. Japanese authorities are well known for applying the Keynesian economics of 'building bridges to nowhere'. In 1988 an impressive system of bridges across the Inland Sea of Japan first connected... https://www.scmp.com/article/965694/letters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/965694/letters?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:00:00 +0000 A monthly wage of HK$14,000 may sound like a good bargain for someone without a degree, especially when the job is offered by a public utility that requires - on paper - just 15 days of work a month. But not many youngsters aspire to be ferry captains these days - at least not on local routes. 'Fresh maritime school graduates may take the job as a stepping stone,' said Fung Chi-shing, who joined New World First Ferry as an assistant coxswain two months ago. 'But most of them wish to switch... https://www.scmp.com/article/713271/fewer-ferry-passengers-job-sea-loses-its-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/713271/fewer-ferry-passengers-job-sea-loses-its-appeal?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 May 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Consultation on outlying island services The government will consult the public next year on a proposal to buy back loss-making outlying island ferry services, in what would be a big shift of public transport policy, a senior government source says. The government has had a clear stance not to subsidise any transport, even in times of financial turmoil. When the oil price peaked at US$140 a barrel, and ferry operators demanded up to 50 per cent more on fares because of severe deficits, it... https://www.scmp.com/article/659564/buy-back-ferry-operators-cards?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/659564/buy-back-ferry-operators-cards?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000 A mainland fisherman was killed when a Hong Kong-Macau ferry hit and sank his boat near Macau yesterday. He was one of three people on the shrimp boat when it was hit by the CotaiJet catamaran The Venetian 7.5 nautical miles off Macau at 11.44am. The ferry, bound for Macau's Cotai Strip resort area, had left Hong Kong at 11am with 130 passengers and 13 crew. The three people on the shrimp boat were plucked from the sea by rescuers including Macau customs divers and the crew of a nearby fishing... https://www.scmp.com/article/651266/crash-kills-fisherman?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/651266/crash-kills-fisherman?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Should rear-vision CCTV be mandatory for trucks? I was both saddened and angered when I read that, yet again, another pedestrian had been killed by a reversing truck ('Cameras urged after man killed by reversing truck', April 15). Once again we heard demands for cameras to be installed to prevent such tragedies from happening again. Installing rear-vision CCTV on all trucks in Hong Kong will be expensive, and such cameras are not always effective when it comes to preventing accidents involving... https://www.scmp.com/article/634579/talkback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/634579/talkback?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Overnight sailings will be maintained and non-peak weekday ferries will run more often than previously proposed, the government said yesterday as it announced the second tender on four outlying ferry routes. Lamma, Lantau and Peng Chau residents generally welcomed the concessions, but an industry source said the new tender offered less room to cut costs, which would put pressure on the operators to raise fares. The government decided last month to retender four routes from Central - to Sok Kwu... https://www.scmp.com/article/629940/overnight-sailings-maintained-under-new-ferry-route-tenders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/629940/overnight-sailings-maintained-under-new-ferry-route-tenders?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000 The column for anyone fed up with bureaucracy, frustrated with delays or furious with poor service. Tell us your complaint and we'll try to fix it ... Bort Nagy from Tsim Sha Tsui complained about the ticket service at First Ferry. 'On Saturday, January 19, at 8.15am I stopped at the First Ferry counter in Macau to get four deluxe tickets back to Kowloon. I was told that the next ferry, at 8.30am, was fully booked except for four seats left in the VIP room. My parents were due to catch a... https://www.scmp.com/article/626614/take-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/626614/take-action?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:00:00 +0000 What do you think of the Mui Wo, Peng Chau ferry merger proposal? I understand New World First Ferry is looking to merge the Mui Wo and Peng Chau ferry routes so the Mui Wo ferries would, in future, stop in Peng Chau. I find it hard to believe they would propose this, given the increase in the population of South Lantau and the fact ferries are regularly full when leaving Mui Wo. I have lived in Mui Wo for many years, during the days when all ferries stopped at Peng Chau. Surely First Ferry... https://www.scmp.com/article/599830/talkback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/599830/talkback?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0000 The Transport Department has proposed merging two ferry routes from Central to Peng Chau and Mui Wo in a move it says will avert fare increases by the operator, which has been hit by dwindling passenger numbers. If the move goes ahead, residents of the two island communities will lose their exclusive services in off-peak hours, when the ferries to Mui Wo would run via Peng Chau. New World First Ferry would also be allowed to increase journey times to Mui Wo. 'Passenger levels are too low.... https://www.scmp.com/article/599225/proposal-merge-peak-mui-wo-peng-chau-ferries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/599225/proposal-merge-peak-mui-wo-peng-chau-ferries?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:00:00 +0000 CLP executive leads by example as power company generates babies CLP Group managing director Andrew Brandler (below) is the proud father of a boy who turns one month old today. Luke is Mr Brandler's fifth son, with his biggest brother 28 years older than him. Evidently the joy of a new baby is just as great the fifth time around as the first, as a beaming Mr Brandler boasted about Luke to reporters. Happiness can be infectious, and Mr Brandler is determined to spread the cheer and get more... https://www.scmp.com/article/585151/lai-see?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/585151/lai-see?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Ms Lam, who had bought a beauty package at Mence Beauty, decided to quit due to unsatisfactory progress. She felt it was strange that the beauty salon wanted to charge her a 'handling fee' for the 12-month instalment plan, a fee she had never heard of. 'The story started last November when I agreed to purchase a beauty package at HK$23,094, including 55 sessions of slim body service and three bottles of product which could help me to firm my body during the process. 'I was told that I could... https://www.scmp.com/article/582908/take-action?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/582908/take-action?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0000 New World First Ferry Services says it cannot afford to replace its ageing vessels, such as the one involved in a crash on Friday. First Ferry director and general manager John Hui Chiu-yin said some of their vessels were fairly old, and he wanted to replace them. 'But there are other concerns, such as financial constraints, and the passengers' expectation, what kind of vessels they want.' Last month Transport Commissioner Alan Wong Chi-kong said the company had a $12 million deficit and... https://www.scmp.com/article/548863/company-cant-afford-new-vessels?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/548863/company-cant-afford-new-vessels?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 May 2006 16:00:00 +0000 ex-CFO guilty in $13m scam to dupe Housing authority A former chief financial officer for a publicly listed company has been found guilty of fabricating and paying out on $13.5 million in false invoices as part of a scam to extract money from the Housing Authority. A jury took less than four hours to find Ou Ka-chi, 41, former financial controller of Shun Cheong Holdings, guilty on two counts of conspiracy to defraud and not guilty on one count of attempted theft stemming from the scheme. Ou... https://www.scmp.com/article/512838/city-briefs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/512838/city-briefs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:00:00 +0000 Two high-speed ferries - including one involved in a collision off Tsing Yi - have had their speed restricted after the Marine Department said they failed to travel safely during thick fog on Monday. The department yesterday said it had revoked the speed-restriction-exemption permits of mainland catamaran Nan Hua, which collided with a barge on Monday, and double-deck catamaran New Ferry LXXXIII, operated by New World First Ferry on the Hong Kong-Macau route. This means the two vessels will be... https://www.scmp.com/article/494697/ferries-lose-permits-after-speeding-foggy-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/494697/ferries-lose-permits-after-speeding-foggy-day?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:00:00 +0000 The higher charges, which also apply on public holidays, are driving visitors away and hurting business, say residents More than 100 residents of outlying islands took to the streets yesterday to demand the scrapping of weekend surcharges on ferry services. They said the surcharges not only destroyed local economies, but also affected family get-togethers. However, ferry operator New World First Ferry said there was no room for a fare cut. The protesters first gathered at Piers 5 and 6 at... https://www.scmp.com/article/446431/islanders-protest-weekend-ferry-rates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/446431/islanders-protest-weekend-ferry-rates?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000 Police were called to the China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui last night after a group of travellers refused to pass through immigration until they received compensation, because their boat from Macau was late. Initially about 300 disgruntled passengers took part in the protest, with a core of about 70 travellers refusing to leave the restricted area of the terminal for more than three hours. Their journey with First Ferry had been delayed for less than an hour. The ferry left Macau at... https://www.scmp.com/article/431719/three-hour-protest-over-late-ferry-macau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/431719/three-hour-protest-over-late-ferry-macau?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Oct 2003 16:00:00 +0000 Feed your eyes with artistic fun on Gallery Ferry when you travel to Cheung Chau this summer. Gallery Ferry is in fact a fleet of three triple-deck ferries running between Cheung Chau and Central. Until August 11, they are showcasing three installation works from an earlier competition with the theme of Dynamic City on their VIP lounges. The project aims to bring art out of museums and galleries into the community. Meanwhile, 20 groups of two-dimensional artwork selected from the same... https://www.scmp.com/article/423533/floating-gallery?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/423533/floating-gallery?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:00:00 +0000 Gallery Ferry Hoping to encourage art in the community, and especially for ferry passengers, First Ferry and government arts promotion groups have joined together to display art at ferry pier 5 and on boats serving Cheung Chau. With the theme 'A Dynamic City' artists were encouraged to capture Hong Kong's vibrancy. In Chiu Chin-ting's Colourful Cities series (a tale version pictured), the artist sought to show a great city should be a combination of peace, spontaneity, warmth, strength and... https://www.scmp.com/article/423090/pick-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/423090/pick-day?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Jul 2003 16:00:00 +0000 As a regular user of the Kowloon to Macau ferry service I am surprised at the big fee discrepancy on this route between the two operators, Sociedade de Turismo e Diversoes de Macau (STDM) and New World First Ferry. STDM charges $93 for a single journey while the fee on New World First Ferry is $113 for the same trip. I do not understand the business logic behind New World First Ferry's higher fare when its ferries are running at barely 25 per cent capacity most of the time. Its ships are... https://www.scmp.com/article/386536/real-competition-might-lead-lower-fares?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/386536/real-competition-might-lead-lower-fares?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Jul 2002 16:00:00 +0000 Travellers to Macau look set to benefit from a ferry price war after one operator announced plans to indirectly cut fares by up to 28 per cent to match its main rival. From April 15, passengers taking 10 rides on New World First Ferry's inner-harbour service in Hong Kong within a two-week period can buy a ticket to Macau for $93 on weekdays and $110 on weekends and public holidays. The Macau service, which operates out of Tsim Sha Tsui China Ferry Terminal, normally costs $113 on weekdays,... https://www.scmp.com/article/375594/fare-war-looming-ferries-macau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/375594/fare-war-looming-ferries-macau?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:00:00 +0000 Ferry services to outlying islands could be cut or significantly revamped in an attempt to stem continuing losses, New World First Ferry warned yesterday. The ferry operator's director and general manager, John Hui Chiu-yin, said the company had accumulated an operating loss of $16 million since taking over nine ferry routes from Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry in January last year. He admitted there had been enormous pressure to seek a fare rise in recent months. But Mr Hui said the operator was... https://www.scmp.com/article/354452/new-world-floats-idea-cutting-services?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/354452/new-world-floats-idea-cutting-services?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Aug 2001 16:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings), which ran ferry services to the outlying islands until last year when its ferry operations were purchased by New World First Ferry Services, reported attributable profit of HK$126.6 million for the year to December 31, up from HK$121.1 million the previous year. The bulk of its profits for the year came from the sale of its 50 per cent stake in a residential development on Tai Kok Tsui Road in the first half. Turnover was HK$776.5 million, down from HK$889.2 million.... https://www.scmp.com/article/341883/hong-kong-ferry-profit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/341883/hong-kong-ferry-profit?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Mar 2001 16:00:00 +0000 It is puzzling that First Ferry insists on 'freezing' passengers in its 'deluxe' compartments. This is a situation that has existed for at least 20 years with HKF practising it previously. It is a mystery why they show a total lack of care, particularly in view of the fact that it loses them money. They do not seem to realise that excessive cooling wastes power. Nor do they seem to know that regular travellers mostly avoid the 'deluxe' class because it is so cold. One only has to look at the... https://www.scmp.com/article/317210/chilly-voyage-deluxe-class?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/317210/chilly-voyage-deluxe-class?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 May 2000 16:00:00 +0000 COMMUTERS responded to the first day of higher ferry fares and tunnel tolls with angry demonstrations yesterday, after four companies increased their charges by up to 50 per cent. The demonstrators said the community was not ready for the increases and the Government should have frozen fares and tolls for another year until the economy improved. Demonstrators at the Central Government Offices and the Transport Bureau were reacting to changes that will see motorcyclists paying $15 to use Tai... https://www.scmp.com/article/312720/demonstrators-show-disgust-fare-rises?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/312720/demonstrators-show-disgust-fare-rises?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Apr 2000 16:00:00 +0000 New World First Ferry warned yesterday that fare rises were likely because of extra trips and rising fuel costs. The company said it was 'seriously considering' raising the fares on the eight outlying island and cross-harbour routes it took over from Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry two months ago. Director and general manager John Hui Shiu-yin said since the transfer, some 330 extra trips had been made using vessels from other ferry operators at a cost of $4,000 to $7,000 per trip in rent alone.... https://www.scmp.com/article/310951/ferry-company-raise-fares?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/310951/ferry-company-raise-fares?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Mar 2000 16:00:00 +0000 New World First Ferry called out reserve vessels yesterday, its first weekday as operator of eight routes formerly run by the Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Company. The extra ferries were used on the Mui Wo and Peng Chau routes during the morning peak period. About 130 passengers took the Mui Wo spare fast ferry to Central at 8.10am, and 40 took the one from Peng Chau at 7.35am, after the scheduled ferries were filled. First Ferry said operations ran smoothly, and denied being caught out by the... https://www.scmp.com/article/305863/firm-calls-out-extra-ferries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/305863/firm-calls-out-extra-ferries?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:00:00 +0000 A catamaran carrying 119 passengers and four crew hit a buoy off Green Island and began taking in water late last night. The Hung Wai hit the buoy shortly after 10pm after it left Central bound for Cheung Chau and Mui Wo, Lantau Island. The Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry Company despatched two ferries to the stricken vessel. One took 21 passengers on to Cheung Chau, while the other took the remaining 98 to Mui Wo. As the catamaran began to list, firemen helped to pump out the vessel. https://www.scmp.com/article/289739/123-safe-ferry-holed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/289739/123-safe-ferry-holed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 02 Aug 1999 16:00:00 +0000 I am very annoyed with the sneaky manner in which the Yaumati Ferry Company handled their special midnight ferry service on Lunar New Year's Eve. All other public transport operators widely publicised their overnight service or extended services to promote their image as well as attract additional custom . But the company merely posted inconspicuous notices at the pier. I missed their well-camouflaged paper. And I believe many others living on the outlying islands also missed this useful... https://www.scmp.com/article/185389/ferry-company-missed-boat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/185389/ferry-company-missed-boat?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Feb 1997 16:00:00 +0000