MTR

8 Jun 2013

The MTR will give fare concessions of just HK$200 million this year after the 2.7 per cent fare rise kicks in at the end of month. This is only a third of the concessions it gave last year.

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Technology keeps MTR line on track

29 May 2013

More than a third of the civil works for the new South Island Line (east) have been completed, the MTR said - with some help from new technology.

5:37AM

MTR faces HK$15m fine over Yuen Long derailment

18 May 2013

A recently revised fare-adjustment mechanism that penalises any suspension of services lasting more than eight hours made such a fine possible, Secretary for Transport and Housing Professor...

12:56PM

Shaking flats in To Kwa Wan halt MTR construction

17 May 2013

Excavation work at a To Kwa Wan railway construction site has been suspended after more than 50 residents were evacuated because of reports that nearby buildings were shaking.

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Letters to the Editor, May 10, 2013

10 May 2013

'Success' for strikers has hurt society

I am glad to hear that the strike by dockworkers has come to an end following their acceptance of a 9.8 per cent pay rise.

I did not share any...

4:43AM

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MTR to extend popular second-trip fare concession beyond June

10 May 2013

MTR Corporation's commercial director Jeny Yeung said passengers would continue to get a 10 per cent discount when they took a second trip on the same day, after the first phase of the scheme ends...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

MTR Corp's new fare mechanism system a missed opportunity

After a few months of negotiations with the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, the government said it had struck a new deal that makes fare adjustments more affordable. Instead of the original 3.2...

5:35AM

Talking points

All eyes turn to North Korea, which celebrates the anniversary of the foundation of its army - and may mark the occasion with a new missile test.

3:03AM

Letters to the Editor, April 21

The danger of a conflict between China and Japan over islands in disputed waters, such as the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, is always possible, given the rise of militarism in both...

4:56AM

LAI SEE

What are the limits to shareholder rights?

As if life wasn't tough enough for Pacific Basin Shipping - the dry cargo shipowner saw the Baltic Dry Index slump to its lowest quarterly average since 1986 earlier this year, and now has to put...

5:35AM

TRANSPORT

Lawmakers say new MTR fare plan a letdown

Lawmakers said they found a revised mechanism to determine MTR fares disappointing as they wanted the railway to share more of its profit with passengers. Their comments in a Legislative Council...

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TRANSPORT

New fare system could have saved MTR HK$1.53 billion

The MTR could have saved HK$1.53 billion in the past three years if it had used a revised mechanism to determine its fares, a South China Morning Post study has found. A transport expert has...

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