Western Market pier at Morrison Street / Connaught Road for ferries to Mong Kok & Sham Shui Po [????-c.1939]

From : Sham, W. C. (2007). The history of Hong Kong and Yaumati Ferry Company limited, 1923 to the 1970s (Master's thesis, Lingnan University, Hong Kong). Page 33

In January 1919, the Kau Lung Sze Yeuk Kai Fong Ferry Company Limited, the first licenced ferry company, started to operate three ferry routes,
Central Market (Jubilee Street) and Yaumati (Public Square Street),
New Western Market (Morrison Street) and Mong Kok Tsui (Shantung Street),
West Point (Eastern Street) and Sham Shui Po (Nam Cheong Street).

All routes were taken over by HYF later in the 1920's. 

This list shows that there was a ferry pier at Jubilee Street before the new Vehicular Ferry Pier was built.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 191.- It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in triplicate, which should be clearly marked " Tender for Demolition of Western Market Pier ", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Monday, the 15th day of May, 1939. The work consists of the demolition and removal of the timber pier and superstructure thereon situated opposite Western Market.

For form of tender, specification and further particulars apply at this Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

A. G. W. Tickle, Director of Public Works, 

2nd May, 1939.

Looks as if this was the end of the pier, although I could not find anything about it in the Public Works Report for 1939.

The Hong Kong Telegraph 1918-12-31 reports about new ferry routes starting 1 January 1919:

1....

2. To and from the New Western Market Pier (Morrison Street) to Shantung Street Mongkoktsui .....

I looked at the 1918 PWD Annual Report to see if there was a mention of this pier being built. Instead this was one of eight older piers that the government resumed, paying compensation to the owners and then spending additional money to repair and enhance each pier. 

I've pasted a copy of item 145 from the report below. I note that this pier had the most money spent on it for repairs and extensions, so it must have been a major overhaul.

145.    Resumption of Ferry Piers.—In order to institute improved ferry services between the City of Victoria and the western side of the Kowloon Peninsula, extending from Yaumati to Shamshuipo, it was decided to resume the piers hitherto used by such ferries and to utilize them until new and properly-equipped piers can be erected. The piers will henceforth belong to Government which will keep them in proper repair, but the privilege of running ferry services will be let, from time to time, by public tender, the Government retaining control over all matters relating to such services (vide the Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council on the 30th May, 1918, under the Ferries Ordinance, 1917).

The following is a statement of the expenditure incurred in resuming and repairing or extending the piers so as to make them reasonably serviceable for the new ferries: —

Kowloon.    — Q 92 —

The sum of $12,300. which, appears as having been paid as compensation for the pier opposite Queen Victoria Street was really a refund of the sum which was paid by the lessee in 1906 for the right to erect and maintain a pier. The pier itself, or what was left of it, was removed by the lessee. It will be replaced by a permanent structure in due course. All the other piers, for which compensation was paid, were erected under temporary licences which were revocable at short notice and the amounts paid were for the structures themselves. In the case of the pier opposite Eastern Street, the structure was in so dilapidated a condition that it was decided to make provision for the new ferries by utilizing and extending a small pier which had been constructed for the use of the dust-boats about 45 yards to the eastward and the amount appearing as expended on repairs, etc., was spent in constructing this extension and erecting a ticket office, turnstiles, etc. The reconstruction of the pier opposite Eastern Street will be greatly facilitated by this arrangement. The pier opposite Shantung Street is a new pier,—the pier hitherto used by the ferry-launches Was in front of a Marine Lot, the lessee of which desired to retain it for his own use. In all cases, ticket offices and turnstiles were erected on the piers.

1918 Estimates    .     —
1918 Expenditure,         $42,896.17

It looks as if there was a pier before the Queen Victoria Street Pier [1922-c.1933] was built. Likely from 1906 to c. 1918/19.