Cheung Chau Public Pier

Not to be confused with Cheung Chau Ferry Pier.

Cheung Chau Public Pier (Chinese: 長洲公眾碼頭) is a public pier in Cheung Chau, New Territories, Hong Kong, located in Praya Street, with Cheung Chau Ferry Pier located between it and the Cheung Chau Typhoon Shelter. It is used for loading and unloading of goods, and running kai-to operation between other islands.^[1] The pier was built in 1950s. In 2002, the government decided to reconstruct the pier due to long-time deterioration of the pier.^[2] The reconstruction work was completed in 2005.^[3] On 8 August 2015, the first ferry route operated by Maris Ferry started running between this pier and Aberdeen Promenade.^[4]

Cheung Chau Public Pier
長洲公眾碼頭

Cheung Chau Public Pier in May 2007
Locale	Praya Street, Cheung Chau
Operator	Transport Department
Maintained by	Civil Engineering and Development Department
Characteristics
ID number	IP026
Construction	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
History
Opening date	1950s
Coordinates	22.2080°N 114.0284°E / 22.2080; 114.0284

Cheung Chau Public Pier
Traditional Chinese	長洲公眾碼頭
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chèuhng jāu gūng jung máh tàuh Jyutping Coeng4 zau1 gung1 zung3 maa5 tau4

References

1. Cheung Chau Public Pier
2. Public Piers^{[permanent dead link]}
3. New Public Pier opens on Cheung Chau^{[permanent dead link]}
4. Information of the ferry route running between Cheung Chau and Aberdeen