Commuters queue for a train during peak hours at Kowloon Tong station on May 25. The MTR Corp, which operates the city’s rail system, has been embroiled in a series of controversies over shoddy work recently. Photo Dickson Lee Commuters queue for a train during peak hours at Kowloon Tong station on May 25. The MTR Corp, which operates the city’s rail system, has been embroiled in a series of controversies over shoddy work recently. Photo Dickson Lee
Commuters queue for a train during peak hours at Kowloon Tong station on May 25. The MTR Corp, which operates the city’s rail system, has been embroiled in a series of controversies over shoddy work recently. Photo Dickson Lee
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Stephen Vines

MTR management’s buck-passing over railway scandals a lesson in how not to handle a crisis

Stephen Vines says the lack of accountability displayed by the MTR Corporation’s leadership is rooted in it being a listed company whose major shareholder is also its regulator

Stephen Vines
Stephen Vines

Updated: 10:54pm, 20 Jun, 2018

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Commuters queue for a train during peak hours at Kowloon Tong station on May 25. The MTR Corp, which operates the city’s rail system, has been embroiled in a series of controversies over shoddy work recently. Photo Dickson Lee Commuters queue for a train during peak hours at Kowloon Tong station on May 25. The MTR Corp, which operates the city’s rail system, has been embroiled in a series of controversies over shoddy work recently. Photo Dickson Lee
Commuters queue for a train during peak hours at Kowloon Tong station on May 25. The MTR Corp, which operates the city’s rail system, has been embroiled in a series of controversies over shoddy work recently. Photo Dickson Lee
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Stephen Vines

Stephen Vines

Stephen Vines is a Hong Kong based writer and journalist. He has worked in Asia for The Guardian‚ The Daily Telegraph‚ and The Independent‚ and was a consultant editor for The Asia Times.