| Date
| Context
| Summary of development
| Action
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| 22.7.98
| CQ
| In light of two successive incidents of train failure on the Tung Chung Line of the Airport Railway in the morning of 8.7.98 which caused a delay of services for about 20 minutes, Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on train failure. [Hansard]
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| 31.7.98
| TP
| The Panel discussed the connecting transport arrangements for the new Airport at Chek Lap Kok since its operation on 6.7.98. [Paper provided by the Administration]
The Panel also discussed the details and cause of the disruption of the Tung Chung Line service which involved damage to a rail crossing at Tsing Yi Station, as well as the subsequent action being taken by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC). [Paper provided by MTRC]
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| 9.12.98
| CQ
| In light of the Airport Railway train failures on 12 and 18 November 1998, Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on train failures. [Hansard]
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| 16.12.98
| CQ
| Dr Hon David LI raised a question on the safety of passengers on the platforms of MTR stations in view of the incident that a passenger on the platform of a MTR station was allegedly shoved onto the railway track by a psychiatric patient and was seriously injured by an oncoming train. [Hansard]
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| 20.1.99
| CQ
| Following up to the question raised at the Council meeting on16.12.98, Hon LEUNG Yiu-chung raised a question on safety of passengers on MTR platforms, particularly about MTRC's plans to install retrofitting platform screen doors on all platforms of underground stations. [Hansard]
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| 26.1.00
| CQ
| In light of a fire broke out on 7.1.00 in a congestion relief works site at the North Point Station of MTR Island Line, Ir Dr Hon Raymond HO Chung-tai raised a question on emergency plans for fires occurring in MTR premises. [Hansard "page 61"]
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| 10.9.02
| TP
| The Panel discussed the problems of MTR train service operation, in particular on the train service disruption occurred since the commencement of MTR Tseung Kwan O Line in August 2002.
[Paper]
[Follow-up paper]
Hon CHENG Kar-foo moved a motion that the Administration should urge the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) to provide fare concessions to cross-harbour passengers traveling on the Tseung Kwan O Line and Kwan Tong Line during the fine-tuning and testing stage of Tseung Kwan O Line. The motion was negatived. [Minutes "Page 11"]
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| 17.10.02
| TP
| The Panel continued the discussion on MTR train service operation. The Administration undertook to review the performance of MTR system in light of the train incidents happened since August 2002.
[Paper]
[Follow-up paper]
The Panel also discussed the "Final Report of the Investigation into the Incident that occurred on 5 September 2002 at North Point Station of Tseung Kwan O Line" provided by MTRCL. [Report]
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| 15.1.03
| CQ
| Hon TAM Yiu-chung raised a question to follow up on the derailment of Light Rail vehicle occurred on 18.12.02 which disrupted services for more than two hours. [Hansard "page 32"]
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| 25.2.03
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed the Administration's views on Light Rail services and the investigation of the derailment incident occurred on 18.12.02. [Paper]
SUBC also considered the paper presented by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) which provided an overview of the Light Rail services and informed members of the outcome of the investigation into the derailment incident occurred on 18.12.02. [Paper]
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| 12.3.03
| CQ
| Hon TSANG Yok-shing raised a question on contingency plan for railway companies to handle emergency situations in MTR and KCR. [Hansard "page 7"]
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| 1.8.03
| TP
| The Panel discussed the train service disruption occurred on the Airport Express and Tung Chung Line on 27.7.03 and the remedial measures taken by MTRCL.
[MTRCL's paper]
[Administration's paper]
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| 29.9.03
| SUBC
| SUBC followed up members' concerns raised at the Panel meeting held on 1.8.03 on the investigation outcome of the incident. [Paper]
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| 5.3.04
| SUBC
|
SUBC discussed the Administration's paper which set out the preventive and response measures by MTRCL and KCRC for emergency incidents as well as the planned improvement measures of the two companies. Members were particularly concerned about the arson incident on 5.1.04 where a passenger unlawfully ignitied some inflammable materials on a MTR train traveling from Tsim Sha Tsui Station to Admiralty Station. [Paper]
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| 10.3.04
| CQ
| Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on a number of incidents involving malfunctioning of the signaling system occurred in West Rail in January and February 2004, which caused disruption and even suspension of train service. [Hansard "page 35"]
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| 3.6.04
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed the Administration's paper which set out information in relation to the signaling system failures of West Rail occurred on 21 and 22 May 2004.
[SUBC paper]
[Information paper for Transport Panel]
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| 9.10.04
| PRESS
| KCRC completed a detailed investigation into the broken steel wheel tyre incident of Light Rail occurred on 10.9.04 and submitted a report to the Hong Kong Railway Inspectorate. KCRC also commissioned a group of professionals and academics to review the results of the investigation and to provide independent professional advice. The expert group's advice had been incorporated into the new measures for track inspection and maintenance, and KCRC would review the measures in six months.
[Press release]
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| 13.10.04 | PRESS
| MTRCL appointed a leading international rail expert to carry out a comprehensive review of MTR's service performance, the condition of its service critical assets as well as asset management practices.
[Press release]
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| 20.10.04
| TP
| The Panel discussed matters relating to recent railway incidents and performance of railway systems in Hong Kong.
[Paper provided by the Administration]
[Paper provided by MTRCL]
[Paper provided by KCRC]
The LegCo Secretariat prepared a background brief to provide the Panel with an overview of railway services in Hong Kong. The brief also set out the major concerns and suggestions made by members of the Panel and SUBC in respect of the prevention of railway service disruptions. [Background brief]
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| 20.10.04
| CQ
| Hon LAU Kong-wah raised a question on the maintenance of railway systems of MTRCL in view of a number of railway incidents occurred successively since July 2004. [Hansard "page 29"]
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| 7.1.05
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed the Administration's paper on the measures taken by the Administration, MTRCL and KCRC to continually improve the corporations' train service performance and safety. [Paper]
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| 4.3.05
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration the assessment on the independent review by Lloyd's Register Rail on the MTR system. [Paper provided by the Administration]
[Paper provided by the MTRCL]
[Paper]
Supplementary information requested by Members at the SUBC meeting held on 4 March 2005. [Follow-up paper]
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| SUBC
| Information paper on "Non-stopping of an East Rail train at Tai Wo Station". [Paper provided by the KCRC]
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13.6.05
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration on the "Non-stopping of an East Rail train at Tai Wo Station" [Paper]
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3.10.05
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and KCRC the "review of West Rail incidents" [Paper]
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18.1.06
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and KCRC the KCR East Rail train incident on 21 December 2005. [Paper] [Paper]
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| 18.1.06
| CQ
| Hon Andrew CHENG raised a question on retrofitting of Platform Screen Doors by KCRC.[Hansard "page 44"]
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17.2.06
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and KCRC on the East Rail underframe equipment mounting problem. [Paper] [Paper] [Paper]
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| 21.3.06
| TP
| Information note on the chronology of major events that happened after the separation of the post of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat's Research and Library Services Division [Paper]
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6.5.06
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and KCRC on the East Rail underframe equipment mounting problem. [Paper] [Paper] [Paper]
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1.8.06
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and KCRC on the East Rail underframe equipment mounting problem. [Paper] [Paper] [Paper] [Paper]
SUBC discussed with the Administration and the MTRCL and KCRC on the notification and reporting regime for railway incidents and matters [Paper]
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30.3.07
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and the MTRCL on the incident of a Tung Chung Line train using Airport Express platform on 13 March 2007.
[Paper]
[Paper]
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4.5.07
| SUBC
| SUBC discussed with the Administration and KCRC on the West Rail transformer fire incident on 14 February 2007.
[Paper]
[Paper]
Supplementary information requested by members at the SUBC meeting held on 4 May 2007. [Follow-up paper]
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23.11.07
| TP
| The Administration briefed members on the proposal to strengthen the manpower of Hong Kong Railway Inspectorate (HKRI) by upgrading its existing head from a Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer (CEME)(D1) to a Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer (GEME)(D2) post, creating two non-directorate engineering posts, as well as to integrate HKRI into the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD). [Paper]
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12.12.07
| ESC
| ESC endorsed:
| (a) | the creation of the following permanent post in the EMSD -
1 Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer (D2) to be offset by the deletion of the following permanent post in the Transport Branch of the Transport and Housing Bureau -
1 Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer (D1); and
|
| (b) | adjustment to the ceiling placed on the total notional annual mid-point salary value of all non-directorate posts in the permanent establishment of the following Heads of Expenditure in 2007-08 -
Head 42
an increase from $125,840,000 by $4,459,440 to $130,299,440
Head 158
a decrease from $53,889,000 by $4,459,440 to $49,429,560
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[Paper]
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11.1.08
| FC
| FC approved the commitments endorsed by ESC on 11.12.07. [Paper]
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2.5.08
| SUBC
| Information on East Rail rail crack incidents provided by the Administration. [Paper] [Paper]
Paper on East Rail rail crack incidents provided by MTR Corporation Limited. [Paper]
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16.12.08
| SUBC
| The SUBC discussed the paper on MTR Kwun Tong Line overhead power system failure on 8 December 2008 and recent railways incidents.[Paper] [Paper]
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| 2.12.09
| CQ
| Hon TAM Yiu-chung raised a question on measures to solve the problem of wide platform gaps at MTR stations.[Hansard "page 74"]
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4.12.09
| SUBC
| The SUBC discussed the paper on MTR Tseung Kwan O Line signaling equipment fault incident on 9 October 2009 and Tsuen Wan Line train fault incident on 10 October 2009. [Paper]
The SUBC discussed the paper on MTR Tseung Kwan O Line signaling equipment fault incident on 21 August 2009. [Paper]
Information note on the notification system of MTRCL prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat.[Paper]
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| 17.3.10
| CQ
| Hon Andrew Andrew CHENG Kar-foo raised a question on platform screen doors and automatic platform gates in MTR stations.[Hansard "page 58"]
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26.03.10
| SUBC
| The SUBC discussed the following papers -
| (a) | MTR East Rail Line service disruption on 21 January 2010 [Paper];
| | (b) | an incident relating to the "Last Train All Right" handsignal for the West Rail Line on 29 November 2009 from MTR Corporation Limited [Paper];
| | (c) | railway service performance (2005-2009) from MTR Corporation Limited [Paper]; and
| | (d) | list of outsourced maintenance work of MTR Corporation from MTR Corporation Limited [Paper].
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Information note on the notification system of MTR Corporation Limited prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat [Paper].
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| 2.6.10
| CQ
| Hon LEE Wing-tat raised a question on railway service performance.[Hansard "page 118"]
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| 3.11.10
| CQ
| Hon WONG Sing-chi raised a question on installation of platform screen doors and automatic platform gates by the MTRCL. [Hansard "page 103"]
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4.11.10
| SUBC
| The SUBC discussed the paper on MTR Tsuen Wan Line Service Disruption on 21 October 2010. [Paper]
Information note on the notification system of MTRCL prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat. [Paper]
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| 2.3.11
| CQ
| Hon KAM Nai-wai raised a question on platform safety in MTR stations. [Hansard "page 118"]
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| 9.3.11
| CQ
| Hon WONG Kwok-hing raised a question on maintenance of MTR rail tracks.
[Hansard "page 95"]
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| 1.6.11
| CQ
| Hon WONG Kwok-hing raised a question on compensation to victims of accidents occurred in the MTR network. [Hansard "page 28"]
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| 1.6.11
| CQ
| Hon CHEUNG Hok-ming raised a question on measures to reduce traffic accidents involving Light Rail trains. [Hansard "page 118"]
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| 8.6.11
| CQ
| Hon WONG Sing-chi raised a question on monitoring the performance of railways. [Hansard "page 98"]
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| 8.2.12
| CQ
| Hon Mrs Sophie LEUNG LAU Yau-fun raised a question on contingency plans and response measures for railway incidents. [Hansard "page 31"]
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