MTR Corporation

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...

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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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MTR profits dip 6.6pc amid slowdown in property sales

12 Mar 2013

The MTR Corporation faces another year of slower growth despite plans to sell 5,000 flats, it emerged yesterday. The company announced a 6.6 per cent drop in underlying profit to HK$9.78 billion...

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4 Feb 2013

The maximum weight limit for passengers' luggage on the MTR's East Rail Line drops from 33kg to 23kg today. This is one of the measures announced last week to crack down on mainlanders buying milk...

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Briefs, January 18, 2013

18 Jan 2013

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission gave Qantas and Emirates Airlines permission to launch their global alliance, although final approval is still pending. It said practical sales,...

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Sheung Shui parallel-traders protest descends into chaos

6 Jan 2013

Scuffles broke out and two parallel traders were arrested for assault during a protest at Sheung Shui MTR station yesterday.

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Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Above-ground trains to stop under No 9 typhoon signal or higher: MTR

All above-ground train services will be suspended when a No 9 typhoon signal or higher is hoisted, the MTR Corporation said.

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Miranda Leung's MTR detour that got her career on track

When Miranda Leung Chan Che-ming joined the MTR Corporation in 1976, she never thought she would stay there for 37 years until she retired.

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MTR Corp adopting bowl-shaped track design to save energy

The MTR Corporation will give the tracks on its new lines a slight bowl shape to bend the train down when it leaves a station and raise it when approaching the next one, as a way to cut...

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INFRASTRUCTURE

Hong Kong turns on fund pipeline in push for bigger basics

Hong Kong will continue to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure projects beyond the 10 major projects that were pushed through in the wake of the global financial crisis in 2008.

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TRANSPORTATION

MTR will add 530 train trips per week on three lines to speed up system

The MTR Corporation said yesterday it would add another 530 train trips each week to the Tung Chung, Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines by the end of the month, in the third phase of its HK$1 billion...

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