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PR019/18 23 March 2018 Hong Kong High Speed Rail Trains to be Named “動感號 Vibrant Express” The MTR Corporation today (23 March 2018) announced the results of the High Speed Rail Train Naming Competition, which aimed at offering a platform for the general public to be directly involved in the Express Rail Link project. Among the 16,000 entries, the judging panel selected “動感號” (translated as “Vibrant Express”) as the name for the nine Hong Kong- owned high speed trains, and it will be shown on the body of the trains when they enter service. Among the many creative entries submitted by members of the public, the judging panel finally picked “動感號” as the winning name as they considered that it can best demonstrate Hong Kong’s characteristics. In addition, the panel also gave the three merit awards to “HKSPEED”, “飛躍” and “光纖”. As there were multiple entries with the winning and merit names, a lucky draw was carried out to decide on the awardees. The winner of the competition will receive MTR Malls gift vouchers worth HK$10,000, two first-class round-trip high speed rail train tickets to Guangzhou, one night’s hotel accommodation in Guangzhou for two people and a high speed rail train model. Each merit awardee will receive two first-class round-trip high speed rail train tickets to Guangzhou and one night’s hotel accommodation in Guangzhou for two people. The list of awardees is as follows: Best Train Name: Winner: 動感號郭朗樂 Merit Award: Awardee: HKSPEED Shum Siu Lin Florence 飛躍 Lau Chun Kin 光纖 Chan Yuk Ping Note: Trade Promotion Competition Licence No.: 49971 - End - About MTR Corporation MTR Corporation is regarded as one of the world’s leading railway operators for safety, reliability, customer service and cost efﬁciency. In its home base of Hong Kong, the Corporation operates ten commuter railway lines, a Light Rail network and a high-speed Airport Express link on which about 5.8 million passenger trips are made on a normal week day. Another 6.5 million passenger trips are made on the rail services it operates outside Hong Kong in the Mainland of China, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. In addition, the Corporation is involved in a range of railway construction projects as well as railway consultancy and contracting services around the world. Leveraging on its railway expertise, the Corporation is involved in the development of transit-related residential and commercial property projects, property management, shopping malls leasing and management, advertising media and telecommunication services. For more information about MTR Corporation, please visit www.mtr.com.hk. .

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