{"id":954,"date":"2023-04-15T09:17:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T01:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/?p=954"},"modified":"2023-06-03T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T04:17:56","slug":"bytes-2023-04-14-rising-ferry-fares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/bytes-2023-04-14-rising-ferry-fares\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising ferry fares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sun Ferry has applied for a 45% fare increase.<\/p>\n<p>The operator is among the companies mandated to purchase subsidized &#8220;green boats&#8221; and subsidies), the new hybrid ferries and abandon slow ferries and their air-conditioned deluxe compartments.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>New ideas to offset hikes in ferry fares<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;Residents living on outlying islands have no choice. They can&#8217;t get home by swimming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/section-news\/section\/4\/251578\/New-ideas-to-offset-hikes-in-ferry-fares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.thestandard.com.hk\/section-news\/section\/4\/251578\/New-ideas-to-offset-hikes-in-ferry-fares<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9DJN75uKhg\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2023\/04\/13\/hong-kong-ferry-firms-seek-fare-rises-for-10-routes-inc-proposal-to-double-central-lamma-ticket-fees\/\">Hong Kong ferry firms seek fare rises for 10 routes, inc. proposal to double Lamma, Peng Chau ticket fees<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Hong Kong ferry firms seek fare rises for 10 routes, inc. proposal to double Lamma, Peng Chau ticket fees&#8221; &#8212; Hong Kong Free Press HKFP\" src=\"https:\/\/hongkongfp.com\/2023\/04\/13\/hong-kong-ferry-firms-seek-fare-rises-for-10-routes-inc-proposal-to-double-central-lamma-ticket-fees\/embed\/#?secret=F8jprlX1K1#?secret=9DJN75uKhg\" data-secret=\"9DJN75uKhg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>BV to class battery and solar-powered ferries<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivieramm.com\/news-content-hub\/news-content-hub\/bv-to-class-hong-kong-battery-and-solar-powered-ferries-75415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rivieramm.com\/news-content-hub\/news-content-hub\/bv-to-class-hong-kong-battery-and-solar-powered-ferries-75415<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Yma8xW2BpK\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ferrygogo.com\/hong-kong-going-hybrid-two-new-ferries-launched\/\">Hong Kong Going Hybrid: Two New Ferries Launched<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Hong Kong Going Hybrid: Two New Ferries Launched&#8221; &#8212; FerryGoGo.com\" src=\"https:\/\/ferrygogo.com\/hong-kong-going-hybrid-two-new-ferries-launched\/embed\/#?secret=tYa0LpYmAg#?secret=Yma8xW2BpK\" data-secret=\"Yma8xW2BpK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/South-Lantau-Life-2023-02-20-ferry-gear-cover.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operators asking for more green to operate green ferries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1214,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions\/1214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}