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Author Yeung, Rikkie.

Title Moving millions : the commercial success and political controversies of Hong Kong's railways / Rikkie Yeung.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (315 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index.
Contents Preface; Acknowledgements; A Note on Referencing, Tables and Endnotes; List of Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; PART I: Political and Policy Context; 1 Railways as Part of the Hong Kong Miracle; 2 Serving a Community at Change; 3 Hong Kong's Railways versus International Experience; PART II: Contrast in Corporate Governance; 4 Pioneer MTRC versus KCRC Bureaucracy; 5 MTRC's Struggles for Profits and Autonomy; 6 KCRC's Governance Controversies; PART III: Challenges in Railway and Property Development; 7 Leading Railway Builder versus Controversial Project Manager.
Summary This comprehensive analysis of the Hong Kong railways provides an analysis of the exceptionally profitable model followed by the MTRC and the KCRC and the social costs behind their success. The book traces the railway governance over the last thirty years as Hong Kong underwent rapid socio-economic modernisation and a unique political transition.
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Language English.
Subject Railroads -- China -- Hong Kong.
Railroads.
China -- Hong Kong.
Railroads and state -- China -- Hong Kong.
Railroads and state.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1970-2007
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
In: HKU Press digital editions.
Other Form: Print version: Yeung, Rikkie. Moving millions. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2008 9789622098824 (DLC) 2008438069 (OCoLC)220015545
ISBN 9789888052578 (electronic book)
9888052578 (electronic book)
9789622098824
9622098827
9789622099630 (paperback)
9622099637 (paperback)