Our apologies go to Gordon Pirie of Mid-Levels for the interruption to his mobile phone when travelling on the Airport Express train (South China Morning Post, May 2).
Mr Pirie will be pleased to note that a new mobile telephone distribution system for the underground section of the Airport Railway was completed on April 23. The mobile telephone operators are now in the process of reconfiguring their networks onto the new system. As soon as this work is complete, and we expect it to be very soon, reception for mobile phones on the underground section should be working well without any interruption.
However, there are other areas, above ground, along the Airport Railway, which do not fall within the direct responsibility of the Mass Transit Railway Corporation. We are working together with the mobile phone operators to address these areas.
MIRANDA LEUNG Corporate Relations Manager MTRC
