Ma on Shan Line

25 Jul 2012

As Typhoon Vicente brought the city's public transport to a standstill, many residents were forced to sleep in train stations overnight, while others had to brave the fierce winds and rain just to...

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Sha Tin-Central link 'will pay city HK$88b'

20 Mar 2012

A planned 17-kilometre railway link between Sha Tin and Central may contribute as much as HK$88 billion to public coffers in return for granting the MTR Corporation the exclusive right to manage...

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MTR platform doors would not reduce suicides but drive them elsewhere

17 Feb 2012

I note the 'scientific' response from Paul Yip Siu-fai of the University of Hong Kong and Stephen Law of Chinese University ( 'Platform doors help with suicide prevention', February 3) to my...

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1 in 8 MTR assault victims are men, survey finds

6 Sep 2011

One in eight MTR passengers who claimed in a survey to have been indecently assaulted on trains were men.

But male respondents supported separate carriages for women, saying it...

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A bumpy ride - Lau Nai-keung

8 Jan 2010

I must confess my bias towards the express railway link from the outset, as I have been championing the project since 2004 when the official view was that utilising the West Rail would be the best...

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MTR Corp submits new rail plan and vows to minimise disruption

21 May 2009

Noise, traffic disruption and subsidence are not the only problems likely to arise when construction of the Sha Tin-Central Rail Link begins next year - even animals will have to pack their bags...

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Opinion

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

Updated 7:12AM

New rail link to Guangzhou costly ride on one-track mind

He [Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen] conceded that building a new track would cost more and push back completion of the project by one or more years. 'But I think it would bring more...

5:35PM

Train blast spells fresh woes for KCRC

Oil leak in transformer causes explosion in West Rail tunnel; Watchdog launches inquiry as rail chief calls fire freak accident

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Special fare for Ma On Shan riders

Ma On Shan Rail passengers will be offered a special short-term fare concession on the KCRC monthly pass allowing commuters free transfer rides on the East Rail to Kowloon from December 1.

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Residents are calling the shots

Activism is on the rise as tenants show their opposition to projects that fail to meet their standards

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talk back

Q Should the exam authority revise security arrangements?

The HKCEE is an important stage in a student's life. Candidates put in painstaking efforts to deal with these important...

9:27PM

50,000 KMB passengers a day lost to new rail link

KMB has lost more than 50,000 passengers a day to Ma On Shan Rail since it opened last month and might need to cut more routes if they do not return in the long term, the company's managing...

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