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Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala was a Indian Parsee businessman in Hong Kong. In the early days, he sold opium from Bombay of India to China. a person from Pars (the middle-Persian word for Fars), a region now within the geographical boundaries of Iran, and is roughly the original homeland of the Persian people. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ... Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ...


He leased Hongkong Hotel in 1873 for ten year and afterward he started a hotel in Pottinger Street and two in Kowloon. He founded Kowloon Ferry Company in 1888 for travelling and transporting bread between Kowloon and Hong Kong Island and the company became Star Ferry. 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... Pottinger Street (砵典乍街; formerly 砵甸乍街) is street in Central, Hong Kong. ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng; lit. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Location within China In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon (九龍; Cantonese IPA:; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng; lit. ... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... Meridian Star (午星號) of Hong Kong Star Ferry. ...


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Encyclopedia: Star Ferry (1232 words)
It was founded by Parsee Dorabjee Nowrojee as the Kowloon Ferry Company in 1888 and renamed Star Ferry in 1898.
Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala was a Indian Parsee businessman in Hong Kong.
The fleet of nine ferries operates four routes across the harbour, carrying over 70,000 passengers a day, or 26 million a year.
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