Established on 1 May 1898, the Star Ferry adopted this company name because the name of every ship in the fleet contains the word “Star“. Next to the Star Ferry Pier is the 45-metre-high Clock Tower, reminiscent of the old Kowloon Canton Railway Terminal Building built in 1916. The terminus was relocated to Hung Hom in 1975, while the Clock Tower was kept as a landmark of Kowloon.天星小輪有限公司於1898年5月1日成立，公司取名源於屬下船隻的名稱皆有「星」字。座落天星碼頭側的鐘樓建於1912年，高45米，是1916年落成的舊九廣鐵路總站大樓中，唯一保留的建築物。鐵路總站於1975年遷往紅磡，鐘樓則保留下來，成為九龍的地標。