Damon Pang reports
The Chief Executive Officer of the MTR Corporation, Lincoln Leong, on Tuesday denied that the railway had intention to withhold information from the government about the construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
Lawmakers at a Legislative Council select committee probing the project's delay were pressing Leong about statements from the Highways Department at a previous hearing, when it said the corporation did not disclose key information about the project.
But Leong said there was only one occasion two years ago that the company could not give out information in a timely manner.
The rail link was originally expected to come into service in August this year, but has been postponed until the third quarter of 2018.
The latest estimate of the project is HK$85.3 billion – up from the original budget of HK$65 billion, and a revised estimate of HK$71.5 billion in August last year.
Lawmakers at a Legislative Council select committee probing the project's delay were pressing Leong about statements from the Highways Department at a previous hearing, when it said the corporation did not disclose key information about the project.
But Leong said there was only one occasion two years ago that the company could not give out information in a timely manner.
The rail link was originally expected to come into service in August this year, but has been postponed until the third quarter of 2018.
The latest estimate of the project is HK$85.3 billion – up from the original budget of HK$65 billion, and a revised estimate of HK$71.5 billion in August last year.
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