圖說香江：電船仔，1985年

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　電船仔，俗稱「嘩啦嘩啦」，是用電油發動的小汽船，俗名源於行駛時所發出的聲音。

　電船仔是用以載客往來碇泊在港海浮泡的遠洋輪船；在渡海小輪停航後，「夜歸人」亦可用電船仔渡海。

　早於1910年，已有電船仔往來筲箕灣和將軍澳的坑口。

　1972年，海底隧道通車後，電船仔的業務便每況愈下。

　Motorboats, c. 1985

　Motorboats were also called "Walla-walla", named for their very noisy engines.They transported passengers to ocean-liners far away from shore and served to cross harbour when the ferries closed at night.

　As early as 1910, there had already been some motorboats in service from Shau Kei Wan to Hang Hau in Tseung Kwan O.

　After the Cross-Harbour Tunnel opened in 1972, motorboats business declined immediately.　■鄭寶鴻 香港歷史博物館名譽顧問