Sok Kwu Wan Public Pier

Sok Kwu Wan Public Pier
Sok Kwu Wan Public Pier
Traditional Chinese	索罟灣公眾碼頭
Simplified Chinese	索罟湾公众码头
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Suǒ Gǔ Wān Gōng Zhòng Mǎ Tóu
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sok gú wāan gūng jung máh tàuh
Jyutping	Sok3 gu2 waan1 gung1 zung3 maa5 tau4

Sok Kwu Wan Public Pier
索罟灣公眾碼頭
	Sok Kwu Wan Public Pier
Locale	Sok Kwu Wan First Street, Lamma Island
Operator	Transport Department
Maintained by	Civil Engineering and Development Department
Characteristics
History
Opening date	17 May 1962;59 years ago
Coordinates	22°12′20″N114°07′51″E / 22.205639°N 114.130946°E Coordinates: 22°12′20″N114°07′51″E / 22.205639°N 114.130946°E

Last updated August 14, 2021

Sok Kwu Wan Public Pier, also known as Sok Kwu Wan Pier, is a public pier located adjacent to Sok Kwu Wan Pier No. 2 on the waterfront of Sok Kwu Wan in Sok Kwu Wan First Street, Lamma Island, Hong Kong. There is only one ferry service provided in the pier, which is the service between Sok Kwu Wan and Aberdeen via Mo Tat Wan, operated by Chuen Kee Ferry.^[1]^[2]

History

The government developed Lamma Island in 1958. One of the plans was to fund the construction of a pier in Sok Kwu Wan.^[3] The project started in December 1958^[4] and was completed in August 1959;^[5] But the pier was not officially opened until 17 May 1962.^[6]

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References

↑ "Chuen Kee Ferry Ltd". Chuen Kee Ferry. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
↑ "Franchised and Licensed Ferry Service Details". Transport Department. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
↑ "積極發展南丫島計劃撥款在索罟灣建築碼頭闢建公路溝通南北兩段地區". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 11 August 1958.
↑ Hong Kong Department Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Public Works for the Financial Year 1958-59. Hong Kong Government Public Works Department. 1959. p. 40.
↑ Hong Kong Department Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Public Works for the Financial Year 1959-60. Hong Kong Government Public Works Department. 1960. p. 42.
↑ "宮民合力建設南丫交通方面將建成新碼頭". Wah Kiu Yit Po. 17 August 1959.

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[1] "Chuen Kee Ferry Ltd". Chuen Kee Ferry. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[2] "Franchised and Licensed Ferry Service Details". Transport Department. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[3] "積極發展南丫島計劃撥款在索罟灣建築碼頭闢建公路溝通南北兩段地區". Wah Kiu Yat Po. 11 August 1958.

[4] Hong Kong Department Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Public Works for the Financial Year 1958-59. Hong Kong Government Public Works Department. 1959. p. 40.

[5] Hong Kong Department Annual Departmental Report by the Director of Public Works for the Financial Year 1959-60. Hong Kong Government Public Works Department. 1960. p. 42.

[6] "宮民合力建設南丫交通方面將建成新碼頭". Wah Kiu Yit Po. 17 August 1959.

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