History
The pier began operating in 1924, located at the seaside of the junction of Tung Chau Street (Chinese: 通州街) and Pei Ho Street (Chinese: 北河街). It provided ferry services to and from Central, Sheung Wan and Macau. It was relocated to the seaside of Yen Chow Street (Chinese: 欽州街) in 1979 to cope with the land reclamation work and the construction of Nam Cheong Estate (Chinese: 南昌邨).
The ferry service to/from Sheung Wan was terminated in 1979 due to the destruction of Wilmer Street (Chinese: 威利麻街) pier in Sheung Wan by typhoon. And that to/from Macau was terminated in 1989 and replaced in Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui. The service between Central and Sham Shui Po was terminated in 1992 and the pier was also closed. But its bus terminus was still in use until it was replaced by that in Tonkin Street in 1999.
Fu Cheong Estate (Chinese: 富昌邨) is now built in the former site of the bus terminus. The pier is now reclaimed and MTR Nam Cheong Station is built in there.
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