Society's Challenge

Mobility, reliability and connectivity drive the high-density, high-convenience transport model for city development. In Hong Kong, economic and trade growth has and continues to evolve this strategy.

Rail now connects and serves several regional commercial hubs and logistics centres across Hong Kong and, recently, in the Pearl River Delta, thus enabling the separation of residence from workplace and lowering density without sacrificing the critical convenience factor.
Population growth, affluence and marked changes in social aspirations are as well reshaping local community development. MTR Corporation progresses with such aspirations through our disciplined and iterative stakeholder engagement process. We have established an industry model for collective environmental stewardship when developing projects, pioneered an interactive communications programme that invites local community participation in new rail line development and, in recent years, marshalled grass roots support for urban renewal linked to rail line introduction.



Under our rail plus property business model, new township developments are in progress that are resilient to changing and maturing social expectations. Our master planning continues to evolve, emphasising green and open community spaces, eco-efficiency of built environments, larger individual residential spaces, barrier-free access to amenities and the proximity of service facilities. These communities of the future are linked to wider regional centres through a coordinated transport system in which rail is the primary travel mode, supported by road-based connection to surrounding local regions. LOHAS Park, the new mini-city taking shape over the next ten years, takes this vision forward.

Aligning to our premise that sustainability is inherent to the business case, our social investment strategy links directly to the economic benefits achieved. The Value Strategy commentary on page 16 discusses resilience in economic strategy. Combining this with the above discussions on inclusion of society's voice in organisational development, we demonstrate how we contribute to more effective and widespread economic prosperity while being mutually beneficial to our business and to the communities we serve.