Hire a third-party consultant to review signalling system after crash, former Hong Kong transport minister Anthony Cheung tells MTR Corp
- Cheung insists on need to find any systemic flaws
- But he rejects calls for supplier to be taken off the job
Anthony Cheung Bing-leung agreed with the MTR Corporation that the collision near Central station during an overnight trial run of the new signalling system could have exposed serious flaws in the system. He added that the rail giant must demand a detailed explanation from the supplier, Thales.
“There is a need for the MTR Corp to review the system of monitoring its suppliers and how effective it is,” he said.
“Is the latest incident related to other hiccups spotted during the trial run? Are there any systemic flaws, or is it just an incident arising from a particular operation?”
He noted that the corporation hired independent experts to review its overhead cable system in the wake of a five-hour delay on the Tseung Kwan O Line in December 2013, and said it could do the same in this instance.
