http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090107/3/a3by.html

四條離島渡輪的港鐵轉乘優惠，下星期二屆滿，兩間小輪公司已收到港鐵通知，暫時無意延長優惠。

The MTR Faresaver discounts offered to passengers taking outlying island ferries will end next Tuesday (13 Jan). MTRC had no plans to further extend this offer.

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Thanks Gisela!

I just posted in Chinese in the other forum about this. I'm a newcomer to the island--I moved here in August. But I remember that before I moved in, the ferry company hiked the ferry fare because the oil prices were going up and up. Then, to appease the residents of Lamma after the price hike, they installed this machine at the ferry peir so we could save 1.5 for MTR fare. Now, the ferry company is quietly withdrawing the fare saver.

I might have gotten some details wrong here, but at any rate I feel that while the ferry company was so quick to raise the fare, it's been absolutely silent on reducing the fare. And they're even taking the fare saver away.

We should do something about this. Any suggestions? Comments?

sorry, I didn't make this clear in the message above: I think the ferry should lower their fare because the oil prices have dropped signifcantly in recent weeks.

MTR refuse to extend the offer, so you will have to write to MTR to complain, not the ferry company. I think when the government / Ferry company are negotiating the new fare for the new tender last year, they managed to pull in the MTR and put in this minor discount...part of the plan to appease the residents.

expecting the ferry company (or any public transport company) to lower their fares when the oil goes down is not realistic really......

Yes the price of the ferry gone up last year when they get that new tender, but the percentage is much much lower than what they have warned in the first place, after a lot of work from residents......I am not saying this is ideal, but not the worst....

For the MTR fare saver issue....write to the MTR to appeal

MTR Headquarters Building, Telford Plaza,
33 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay

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HK$1.50? WTF. I never saw anyone use the facility since it was installed. Did it even work?

oil prices will fluctuate, but over the long term I would think that the trend will be toward continuing increases - given the increasing world demand driven by huge expansions in economies of countries like India, China, etc.

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