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Opening of MTR’s South Island Line marred by animal welfare protest

The opening of the MTR’s South Island Line was marred by a protest by animal welfare activists.

 

December 28, 2016
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Hong Kong police said Friday they have arrested a man for arson after a fire engulfed a subway train, injuring at least 18 people and triggering the evacuation of a major station during rush hour. ...00:23
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Tsim Sha Tsui station closed after firebomb attack on MTR
February 11, 2017
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Hong Kong's MTR railway system is considered one of the best in the world, moving more than half the city’s population every day. Here are a few facts and figures about the MTR and how it has...02:02
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The changing face of Hong Kong’s MTR
September 30, 2024
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A six-second clip shows a man jumping between platforms at Fo Tan MTR station, with more than 100,000 views on Instagram. Police say two men were suspected to have breached MTR by-laws, but no...01:05
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Viral clip of man leaping Hong Kong MTR platforms sparks police action
April 23, 2024
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Read more about Hong Kong’s MTR: https://sc.mp/ai80 ...05:53
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Why MTR boss calls Hong Kong operations its ‘fillet mignon’
July 17, 2023
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Chief news editor Yonden Lhatoo at the Post sets aside geopolitics, nuclear war and world peace to talk about what is really bothering him.02:59
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Your mobile phone is killing me
December 5, 2022
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Hong Kong’s 99 metro stations are all identified by their own individual colour scheme. The idea was originally meant to help illiterate travellers find their stops, according to Andrew Mead, the...04:27
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The story behind Hong Kong's colourful MTR stations
September 30, 2022
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Hong Kong’s fourth cross-harbour rail line, an expansion of the East Rail Line, opened on May 15, 2022. Hundreds of rail enthusiasts flocked to the new Exhibition Centre Station in the early...03:22
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Fans crazy over HK MTR expansion
May 15, 2022
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Hong Kong’s newest metro station is slated to start operating on May 15, 2022. Exhibition Centre station lies on the new cross-harbour extension of the East Rail line, connecting commuters from...02:15
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New HK MTR station to open
May 9, 2022
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A Hong Kong woman was ticketed HK$5,000 after being recorded mask off, smearing her saliva on the door of an MTR train at the Kowloon Tong station. The woman was being confronted by MTR staff as...00:39
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Woman charged after smearing saliva on MTR door
March 5, 2022
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A pair of carriage doors came off and fell onto the tracks as a train approached Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay station on December 2, 2021. MTR service on the Hong Kong Island line was subsequently...01:11
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HK train line disrupted after train carriage loses doors
December 2, 2021
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Hong Kong rail enthusiasts rushed to board the first train on the now fully-operational Tuen Ma Line on the morning of June 27, 2021, as the key section of the long-overdue HK$90.7 billion Sha Tin...01:03
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HK train fans excited over long-delayed new train link
June 27, 2021
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Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting and six others were released on bail on August 27, 2020, after being charged with rioting over violence that erupted at Yuen Long MTR station in 2019....02:24
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Hong Kong lawmaker charged with rioting
August 28, 2020
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Hundreds of protesters gathered in a largely middle-class neighbourhood near Hong Kong's Tai Koo MTR station on October 3, 2019, as part of a citywide expression of anger about a proposed anti-mask...02:03
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Anger in Hong Kong over anti-mask law plans
October 4, 2019
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At least eight passengers were injured when an MTR train derailed in Hong Kong on September 17, 2019, leading to a service suspension on the East Rail Line. ...02:00
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MTR train derails in Hong Kong
September 17, 2019
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Hong Kong woke up to what could prove to be the largest citywide strike in decades on Monday, August 5, 2019.  ...01:24
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Hong Kong wakes up to a citywide strike
August 5, 2019
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At least three people were arrested after an angry confrontation near a “Lennon Wall” in Hong Kong’s Yau Tong railway station on the evening of July 10, 2019. Police intervened as a small group of...01:46
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Scuffles between extradition protesters and supporters of Carrie Lam
July 11, 2019
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Two trains of Hong Kong’s railway system the MTR collided near Central station during an overnight test of a new signal system. Both drivers of the trains were taken to hospital after the crash....00:59
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MTR trains crash during signal test
March 18, 2019
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Hong Kong’s MTR rail operator called on commuters to use other forms of public transport during the morning rush hour on Tuesday October 16, after an unprecedented incident in which four of its...01:12
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Severe delays hit Hong Kong MTR
October 16, 2018
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The pro-democracy Civic Party has released photos and video showing serious water leakage problems at the MTR high-speed rail construction site. Rusty tracks, dripping water and flooding can be...01:36
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Problems at MTR high-speed rail site
August 16, 2018
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Hong Kong's Mass Rail Transit (MTR) system is considered one of the best in the world, moving the equivalent to more than half of Hong Kong's population around the city every day, all within a...01:50
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Hong Kong’s MTR by the numbers
June 27, 2018
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Signal failure shuts down MTR’s East Rail Line
January 11, 2018
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Hong Kong’s MTR commuters will be able to use their mobile phones to make payments at two stations as part of a trial programme. (Photo: AFP)00:48
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WeChat Pay is coming to Hong Kong’s MTR
November 24, 2017
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