The chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, Michael Tien Puk-sun, yesterday said he would consider taking up the top post after a merger with the Mass Transit Railway Corporation if he received the government's invitation.
It was reported over the weekend that the government had decided to merge the KCRC and the MTRC, and an announcement was expected in a few weeks.
Mr Tien said the government had not approached him on the chairmanship of the merged company but he would be interested in the position.
The government announced in June that the Executive Council had instructed the administration to consider the feasibility of the merger. The findings of a study on the potential merger are expected to be released at the end of the month.
The government said on Friday it was in talks with MTRC chairman and chief executive Jack So Chak-kwong to renew his three-year contract. Mr So's contract is due to expire in September next year.
Mr Tien said a merger of the two railway operators was a gigantic challenge.
