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Star Cruises
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Cruise dreams to become reality
13 December 2004
Lloyd's List

FOR years Hong Kong has relied on a single, cramped cruise terminal on the Kowloon waterfront in the heart of the Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district as its sole link with the international cruise industry, writes Keith Wallis.

But all that could change if plans to build a second facility get the go-ahead.

The government is already backing proposals for a new complex and the Tourism Commission is due to formally invite cruise lines and other firms to submit expressions of interest to develop the facility by the end of this year.

The preferred site is at the old Kai Tak airport, although the government is leaving it to individual companies to propose sites. Hutchison Whampoa, which controls Hutchison Port Holdings, has already suggested Hung Hom in Kowloon.

The tourist group is optimistic it can sign an agreement with a successful company or group in 2006 for the first berth to be ready in 2009.

Tourism Commissioner Eva Cheng has already claimed Hong Kong would “miss the boat” if new facilities are not built swiftly.

Expansion of Hong Kong’s cruise business is expected to generate up to an extra HK$3.3bn (US$423m) a year in spending by 2010, while the global cruise industry is estimated to be worth US$15bn a year.

Ms Cheng warned: “We’re not the only player in Asia.” And other cities, notably Shanghai and Xiamen in China, were expanding their cruise liner facilities to meet the anticipated boom in the cruiseship business.

She added: “We would like to have the next berth on stream by 2009.” Extra berths would be needed by 2015 and in subsequent years.

The lack of facilities, coupled with the domin- ance of Star Cruises at Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui, has led larger cruise companies to use berths at Kwai Chung container port. But these are far from ideal being miles from either Tsim Sha Tsui or Hong Kong Island.

Three luxury cruiseships are already booked in next year to use Kwai Chung instead of the main Tsim Sha Tsui facility. Carnival’s Sapphire Princess, a 115,875 gross tonne, 2,600 pass- enger liner, will use Kwai Chung next April because of draught restrictions at Tsim Sha Tsui. Sister vessel, Diamond Princess, will also berth at Kwai Chung three times between November and December next year for the same reason, while the 76,152 gross tonne, 2,000 passenger, Aurora, will tie-up at Kwai Chung in March because Ocean Terminal will be fully occupied.

But while a new terminal is urgently needed, the plans have recently run into opposition.

Citizen Envisioning@Harbour, an alliance of 18 organisations, has said that by asking firms to submit expressions of interest the government had surrendered its planning powers to property developers.

Paul Zimmerman who represents the Business Environment Council added: “We are looking at creat- ing a living harbour. What’s proposed is a property project with a terminal attached [that would] decimate a major stretch of waterfront.”

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