Kowloon Public Pier, public pier in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Kowloon Public Pier is a simple docking structure painted in white and green, located on the waterfront in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. The pier has six berths for boats and sits just south of the Clock Tower and Hong Kong Cultural Centre, offering views across Victoria Harbour.

The pier began as the Tsim Sha Tsui railway pier beside the Kowloon-Canton Railway station. Before the Cross-Harbour Tunnel and Star Ferry operated, Hong Kong Island residents took walla-walla boats to catch the first train. Construction of the new pier started in September 1954; it opened on 2 October 1955, and the old site became the new Star Ferry pier. In 1979 a Greek freighter grounded here during Typhoon Hope, closing the pier for weeks.

The pier's Chinese name, 九龍公眾碼頭, marks it as a public landing open to any boat free of charge, unlike the adjoining Star Ferry pier. Today it serves tour boats: the red-sailed junk Duk Ling and the Aqua Luna, plus a dedicated launch to Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island. It is also the starting point of the annual cross-harbour swim, held for the 73rd time in 2017.

The pier lies at the southern tip of Tsim Sha Tsui, just south of the Clock Tower and south-west of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, with Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier to its north-west. Berthing is free for any small boat, and the 1986 expansion raised the number of berths from two to six. Ferries and tour boats such as the Duk Ling and Aqua Luna sail from here.

Kowloon Public Pier was a stop on the Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong for both the 1964 Tokyo Games and the 2008 Beijing Games. The 1964 relay through Hong Kong was part of the torch's route to Tokyo, and the pier hosted crowds for the ceremony.