Star Ferry Pier, Central, Harbor ferry terminal in Central District, Hong Kong.

Star Ferry Pier, Central is the present fourth-generation pier, opened on 12 November 2006 as Central Piers 7 and 8 on reclaimed land at Man Kwong Street, about 300 metres from the old Edinburgh Place site. The 600-square-metre mock-Edwardian terminal has a clock tower with five electronically controlled bells, skylights for natural light, boarding and waiting rooms on the lower floors, and a public viewing deck and restaurant above. Pier 8 now houses the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, so Pier 7 alone serves the Tsim Sha Tsui ferries.

The first pier, a simple wooden shelter, stood at Pedder Street and Chater Road; a temporary pier off Ice House Street was leased to the Star Ferry in 1900. The second pier, with a steel upper structure on concrete piles, opened in 1912 opposite Ice House Street. The third pier, designed by Hung Yip Chan in Streamline Moderne style, opened at Edinburgh Place on 15 December 1957 and was demolished in 2006 despite protests. The fourth pier opened on 12 November 2006.

The name "Star Ferry" comes from the company's first vessels, the Morning Star and Evening Star. Since the 1957 pier, a mechanical clock bell struck every 15 minutes; the present tower uses five electronically controlled bells tuned to sound like the old ones. The crossing to Tsim Sha Tsui takes about seven to fourteen minutes, and the fare is paid with a token from the machines on the concourse.

Pier 7 is the only one still used by the Star Ferry; Pier 8 has housed the Hong Kong Maritime Museum since February 2013. To reach the public viewing corridor, walk through the passage to the Waterfront restaurant and turn right. The pier stands on reclaimed land about 300 metres north of the old Edinburgh Place site, with footbridges linking it to Hong Kong and Central MTR stations.

The clock tower of the 2006 pier holds five electronically controlled bells bought from the Netherlands, tuned to sound like the mechanical clock of the demolished Edinburgh Place pier, which struck every 15 minutes. The old pier's clock was a gift from a Belgian prince to Jardine Matheson, which passed it to the Star Ferry.