The Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry Company Limited (Traditional Chinese: 香港油蔴地小輪有限公司), HYF, is a ferry company founded in 1923 in Hong Kong. It is commonly known as Yaumati Ferry (油蔴地小輪). After restructuring the company in 1989, it became a subsidiary of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited (香港小輪(集團)有限公司). The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Chinese: 香港交易所, also 港交所; abbreviated as SEHK and HKSE; HKEx: 0388) is the stock exchange of Hong Kong. ... Tsing Yi (Chinese: ), or Tsing Yi Island (Traditional Chinese: 青衣島) is an island of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... // Use of the term In common usage, property means ones own thing and refers to the relationship between individuals and the objects which they see as being their own to dispense with as they see fit. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The Hong Kong Dollar (ISO 4217: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) within the Peoples Republic of China. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... The Hong Kong Dollar (ISO 4217: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) within the Peoples Republic of China. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... Henderson Land Development Co. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Ownership and control

According to official documents, Henderson Investment Ltd is the company's largest shareholder, beneficially owning 31.33% of the share capital of the Company as at December 31, 2005. Henderson chairman Dr. Lee Shau Kee and Vice Chairman Colin Lam are also Directors of the Company. Lee Shau Kee (李兆基, pinyin: Lǐ Zhàojī, born January 29, 1928 in Shunde, Guangdong) is a property developer and majority owner of Henderson Land Development (HKSE:0012), a property conglomerate with interests in properties, hotels, town gas and internet services. ...

History

Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry obtained the franchised ferry license for the routes other than those of Star Ferry in 1924. This included the vehicular ferry which served to transport motor vehicles across Victoria Harbour for many years prior to the opening of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in 1972. The company decided to give up the ferry licenses in 1999, and these licenses were transferred to the New World First Ferry on 15th January 2000. In economics, a government-granted monopoly (also called a de jure monopoly) is a form of coercive monopoly in a government grants exclusive privilege to a private individual or firm to be the sole provider of a good or service; potential competitors are excluded from the market by law, regulation... Lower deck of a Star Ferry in the morning Old Star Ferry Pier in Central, Hong Kong. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Victoria Harbour The night view of the Victoria Harbour with the skyscrapers in Central behind, viewed from Tsim Sha Tsui Victoria Harbour (Traditional Chinese: 維多利亞港; Simplified Chinese: 维多利亚港; Cantonese Jyutping: wai4 do1 lei6 aa3 gong2; Mandarin Pinyin: Wéiduōlìyà Gǎng) is the harbour between the Kowloon Peninsula and the... The area around the entrance of the Cross Harbour Tunnel in the 1970s. ... New World First Ferry (新世界第一渡輪, First Ferry) is a ferry company in Hong Kong. ... (Redirected from 15th January) January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

End of Ferry Service

Although giving up its franchised ferry licenses in 2000, the company retained the Dangerous Goods Vehicular Ferry Service routes between North Point, Kwun Tong, and Mui Wo, as these vehicles are not allowed to go through any one of the three cross harbour tunnels, while Mui Wo is situated on Lantau Island. North Point (北角; Min Nan: Pak-kak, Jyutping: bak1 gok3; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area of Hong Kong, located in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. ... Kwun Tong (觀塘; originally 官塘; Jyutping: gwun1 tong4; Cantonese IPA: ) is an area in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. ... Mui Wo (梅窩, lit. ...

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Business Segments

For the 2005 calendar year, approximately 58% of its revenues were derived from property development projects, while Ferries and Hotels accounted for some 18% and 20% of revenues respectively.

External links

• Official website of Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry
• Official website of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings)