The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation yesterday admitted it had received complaints about new television news and advertising broadcasts in its carriages, with one regular passenger describing them as 'invasive and irritating'.
The corporation would not disclose how many complaints it had received, except to say the number was 'normal' and that it had taken steps to minimise any nuisance.
Robert Halili, who travels on East Rail every day, said the noise from the news, produced by Cable TV subsidiary Hong Kong Cable News Express, was 'way too loud'.
'I was shocked by it and thought, 'Geez, it's an emergency'.'
Mr Halili said that at times when the train was quiet, the sound seemed greater - 'and the commercials were double the sound of the newscasts'.
He said his private space had been invaded and he did not see many people watching the broadcasts, which began on July 8.
The complaints mirror those among Kowloon Motor Bus passengers annoyed by similar Roadshow broadcasts.