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The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, today (December 15) received the report submitted by the Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) Independent Expert Panel (the Panel).
The Chief Executive thanked the Chairman of the Panel, Mr Justice Hartmann, and Panel members Dr Peter Hansford and Professor Andrew J Whittle, for their efforts in completing the review and submitting the report within six months. The Government has to seek legal advice on how to handle the report, and will publish the report in an appropriate manner once a decision is made.
In light of the delay of the construction of the Hong Kong Section of the XRL, the Chief Executive appointed in May 2014 an Independent Expert Panel to conduct a thorough examination of the project management and cost control mechanism and practices of the MTR Corporation Limited regarding the Hong Kong Section of the XRL project, as well as the project supervision mechanism adopted by the Government. The objective is to identify problems and the reasons behind them, as well as to make recommendations on improvement.
Ends/Monday, December 15, 2014
Issued at HKT 18:07
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