Report of the Select Committee to Inquire into the
Background of and Reasons for the Delay of the
Construction of the Hong Kong section of the
Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
July 2016
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| Part I | Establishment of the Select Committee and its Work
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| Chapter 1 | Introduction | 1 - 5 |
| Background | 1 - 4 | |
| Establishment of the Select Committee | 4 - 5
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| Chapter 2 | Matters relating to the Select Committee | 6 - 26 |
| Membership of the Select Committee | 6 | |
| Terms of reference, areas of study and work plan of the Select Committee | 6 - 10 | |
| Practice and procedure | 10 - 14 | |
| Difficulties encountered by and limitations of the Select Committee | 14 - 25 | |
| Presentation of the report | 25 - 26
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| Part II | Findings
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| Chapter 3 | Planning and Site Investigation Stage (May 2000 to January 2010) | 27 - 49 |
| Key dates for the "Planning and Site Investigation Stage" | 27 - 28 | |
| Background information on the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link | 28 - 30 | |
| The Project framework | 30 - 39 | |
| Observations | 40 - 49
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| Chapter 4 | Early Construction Stage (January 2010 to April 2013) | 50 - 75 |
| Key dates for the "Early Construction Stage" | 50 - 51 | |
| Chronology of developments | 51 - 60 | |
| Observations | 60 - 75
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| Chapter 5 | Difficult Stage (May to October 2013) | 76 - 102 |
| Key dates for the "Difficult Stage" | 76 - 78 | |
| Chronology of developments | 78 - 87 | |
| Observations | 87 - 102
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| Chapter 6 | Very Difficult Stage (November 2013 to April 2014) | 103 - 130 |
| Key dates for the "Very Difficult Stage" | 103 - 105 | |
| Chronology of developments | 105 - 115 | |
| Observations | 115 - 130
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| Part III | Conclusions and Recommendations
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| Chapter 7 | Conclusions | 131 - 147
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| Chapter 8 | Recommendations | 148 - 152
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| Acknowledgement | 153
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| Signatures of members of the Select Committee | 155 - 156
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| Abbreviations | 159 - 162
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| Appendices
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| Appendix 1 | The Government's press releases on "Transcript of remarks by Secretary for Transport and Housing" issued on 15 April 2014
| 165 - 166
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| Appendix 2 | The MTR Corporation Limited ("the Corporation")'s press release on "Revised Programme for Hong Kong Section of Express Rail Link Project" issued on 15 April 2014
| 167 - 168
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| Appendix 3 | Membership and terms of reference of the Independent Board Committee and Independent Expert Panel
| 169 - 170
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| Appendix 4 | Petition jointly presented by Hon WU Chi-wai and Hon Charles Peter MOK
| 171
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| Appendix 5
| Practice and Procedure of the Select Committee
| 172 - 182
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| Appendix 6
| Written reply dated 18 February 2015 from the Highways Department ("HyD") to the Select Committee
| 183 - 214
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| Appendix 7
| Written reply dated 18 February 2015 from the Transport and Housing Bureau ("THB") to the Select Committee
| 215 - 235
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| Appendix 8
| Written reply dated 5 January 2015 from the Corporation to the Select Committee
| 236 - 239
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| Appendix 9
| Written reply dated 5 February 2015 from the Corporation to the Select Committee
| 240 - 241
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| Appendix 10
| Written reply dated 12 February 2015 from the Corporation to the Select Committee
| 242 - 243
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| Appendix 11 | Written reply dated 17 March 2015 from THB to the Select Committee
| 244 - 247
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| Appendix 12 | Written reply dated 4 January 2016 from THB to the Select Committee
| 248 - 249
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| Appendix 13 | Written reply dated 16 October 2015 from the Corporation to the Select Committee
| 250
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| Appendix 14 | Written reply dated 21 December 2015 from the Corporation to the Select Committee
| 251
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| Appendix 15
| Written reply dated 8 January 2016 from THB to the Select Committee
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| Appendix 16
| List of witnesses who attended the Select Committee to Inquire into the Background of and Reasons for the Delay of the Construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
| 253 - 254
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| Appendix 17
| Flowchart on the Government's monitoring mechanism on the construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link project
| 255
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| Appendix 18
| Membership and terms of reference of Project Supervision Committee, Project Coordination Meeting and Contract Review Meeting
| 256
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| Appendix 19
| Membership and terms of reference of the Project Control Group of the Corporation
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| Appendix 20
| Written reply dated 23 December 2015 from Jacobs China Limited to the Select Committee
| 258 - 262
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| Appendix 21 | Written reply dated 9 June 2015 from HyD to the Select Committee
| 263 - 268
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| Appendix 22 | Written reply dated 21 December 2015 from the Corporation to the Select Committee
| 269 - 278
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| Appendix 23 | Written reply dated 26 June 2015 from THB to the Select Committee
| 279 - 286
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| Appendix 24 | Slide presented at the Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways meeting on 5 May 2014
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| Appendix 25 | Slide presented at the Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways meeting on 22 November 2013
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| Appendix 26 | Written reply dated 15 January 2016 from THB to the Select Committee
| 289 - 291
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| Lists of written evidence/documents
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| A. | Evidence/documents provided by the Government
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| B. | Evidence/documents provided by the Corporation
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| C. | Evidence/documents provided by Jacobs China Limited
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| D. | Evidence/documents provided by witnesses
| 299 - 300
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| E. | Documents referred to by the Select Committee
| 301 - 303
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| Minutes of proceedings
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Minutes of evidence of public hearings
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| No. | Dates of public hearings | Names of witnesses
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| 1 | 24 March 2015 | Mr Peter LAU Ka-keung
Director of Highways |
| 2 | 21 April 2015 | Mr Peter LAU Ka-keung
Director of Highways |
| 3 | 28 April 2015 | Mr YAU Shing-mu
Under Secretary for Transport and Housing |
| 4 | 26 May 2015 | Mr Joseph LAI Yee-tak
Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport) |
| 5 | 2 June 2015 | Mr WAI Chi-sing
Former Director of Highways |
| 6 | 15 July 2015 | Mr Lincoln LEONG Kwok-kuen
Chief Executive Officer MTR Corporation Limited |
| 7 | 20 October 2015 | Mr Henry CHAN Chi-yan
Principal Government Engineer/Railway Development Highways Department Mr TAM Hon-choi Government Engineer/Railway Development 2 Highways Department |
| 8 | 3 November 2015 | Mr Lincoln LEONG Kwok-kuen
Chief Executive Officer MTR Corporation Limited |
| 9 | 10 November 2015 | Mr Anthony J W KING
Project Director Jacobs China Limited Mr William NG Siu-kee Project Manager Jacobs China Limited |
| 10 | 15 December 2015 | Dr Philco WONG Nai-keung
Projects Director MTR Corporation Limited Mr Mark LOMAS Project Manager - Technical Support MTR Corporation Limited |
| 11 | 21 December 2015 | Professor Anthony CHEUNG Bing-leung
Secretary for Transport and Housing |