Just like in our home town, Willemstad Curaçao, the harbor runs right through the city center. Only, we have a pontoon bridge and only use ferries when Emma, the Swinging Lady is open (or closed, depends on your point of view.) Over in Hong Kong, you take the ferry to get across. Would be a much longer walk, too. Good thing there are so many of them; plus a super-underground.
they come in all kinds, ages and sizes
cheap and nostalgic, you board the Star Harbour Ferries at a very colonial pier in a very much changed setting
all three photos above are of the same building, but work keeps going on: