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	Encyclopedia: Star Ferry
		It was founded by Parsee Dorabjee Nowrojee as the Kowloon Ferry Company in 1888 and renamed Star Ferry in 1898.
		Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala was a Indian Parsee businessman in Hong Kong.
		The fleet of nine ferries operates four routes across the harbour, carrying over 70,000 passengers a day, or 26 million a year.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Star-Ferry (1232 words)

	Illustrious Parsis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Sir Hormusjee Nowrojee Mody was one of the principal founders of the Hong Kong University and the Kowloon Cricket Club.
		Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwalla accelerated Sir Hormusjee Mody's development of Kowloon by starting in 1888 the first regularly scheduled cross-harbour ferry service known as Star Ferry.
		Both owned famous racing stables and Dorabjee also owned most of the top luxury hotels of that time in Hong Kong.
	pza.org.sg /History/Proud%20Parsis.htm (1561 words)

	Oriental Thai Airlines
		The ferry service was originally founded by a prominent Parsee, Dorabjee Nowrojee, under the name of the Kowloon Ferry Company.
		Some reports say it was about ten years later, upon acquiring the total assets from Nowrojee, that the Star Ferry Company as we know it today came into existence.
		Despite the lack of detailed documentation, it would seem appropriate that the new company took its name from the vessels it acquired, which all bore the name ¡§Star¡¨.
	www.starferry.com /OrientalThaiAirlines.htm (1072 words)

	centenary.scmp.com - the online edition of South China Morning Post, Hong Kong's premier English-language newspaper
		It's also more reliable; the boats don't have to take two days off a week to load coal.
		Created originally by Parsee entrepreneur Dorabjee Nowrojee, it was called the Kowloon Ferry Company.
		By the turn of the 20th century, it had the present name.
	centenary.scmp.com /cenarts/srpap/ZZZPIFJMWKD.html (732 words)

	Blogging... Walk The Talk: Poetry in Hong Kong
		Unfortunately, it is the nature of ourselves to denigrate, subconsciously and consciously, those most accessible to us, and most needing our support.
		Love of poetry in Hong Kong has a surprisingly long pedigree; one of the first governors of Hong Kong, John Bowring, was a poet of some fame, and Parsee Dorabjee Nowrojee, the founder of the Star Ferry, loved Lord Tennyson's poem "Evening Star" so much he named his service after that excellent ode.
		There is of course many poetic moments in the writing of Louis Cha, Hong Kong's very own best-selling author and founder of the martial arts genre novel (not to mention the Ming Pao newspaper).
	www.blogthetalk.com /2005/06/poetry-in-hong-kong.html (712 words)

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		They set up a fresh foods store and ships chandlers, a far cry from the classy goods lining the shelves of the shop today.
		In 1880 a ferry service was started by Mr Dorabjee Nowrojee, a Bombay Parsi with more than a touch of originality.
		This was the early start of the famous Star Ferry service connecting Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.
	home.pacific.net.hk /~tonyhen/hhk.txt (20927 words)

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