MTR Metal Tiger Plc

RNS Number:6125C
MTR Corporation Ltd
22 August 2007



                             MTR CORPORATION LIMITED
                                 (the "Company")
               (Incorporated in Hong Kong with limited liability)
                                (Stock code: 66)

                         Change of Alternate Directors

The Company is pleased to announce that Mr. Ho Suen-wai has been appointed to
the post of the Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport) ("PS
for T&H") and has, therefore, by virtue of his appointment, become an Alternate
Director to the office of the Secretary for Transport and Housing ("S for T&H")
(Ms. Eva Cheng) with effect from 15 August 2007.

The S for T&H is a non-executive Director of the Company appointed by the Chief
Executive (the "Chief Executive") of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(the "HKSAR") pursuant to the Mass Transit Railway Ordinance (Chapter 556 of the
Laws of Hong Kong) (the "MTR Ordinance") and has appointed the PS for T&H as one
of its Alternate Directors.

Mr. Ho (aged 55) has not entered into any contract of service with the Company
nor is he appointed for a specific term.  Mr. Ho does not receive any emoluments
from the Company.   Pursuant to the Articles of Association of the Company,
Directors appointed by the Chief Executive pursuant to the MTR Ordinance are not
required to retire by rotation at the annual general meetings of the Company.

Mr. Ho was not a director of any company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") during the past three years.    He has
served in various bureaux and departments of the Government of the HKSAR (the 
"Government") since 1976.  Before joining the Transport and Housing Bureau, 
Mr. Ho was the Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
(Communications and Technology).  He is a graduate of the University of Hong
Kong and holds a Bachelor degree of Science.

Mr. Ho is not related to any Directors, senior management or substantial or
controlling shareholders of the Company except that he holds the post of the PS
for T&H, and The Financial Secretary Incorporated which holds shares in the
Company in trust for the Government, is a controlling shareholder of the
Company.  As at the date of this announcement, Mr. Ho is interested in 2,038
shares of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and
Futures Ordinance ("SFO") as recorded in the register required to be kept under
section 352 of the SFO or as otherwise notified to the Company and the Stock
Exchange pursuant to the Model Code for Securities Transactions by Directors of
Listed Issuers.

In respect of Mr. Ho's appointment, there is no other information which is
discloseable nor is/was he involved in any of the matters required to be
disclosed pursuant to any of the requirements of the provisions of rules 13.51
(2)(h) to (v) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock
Exchange, and there is no other matter relating to his appointment which needs
to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company.

The Company hereby also announces that as Mr. Joshua Law Chi-kong ceased to hold
the post of the PS for T&H, he also ceased to be an Alternate Director to the
office of the S for T&H.  There is no matter relating to his ceasing to be an
Alternate Director of the Company that needs to be brought to the attention of
the Company's shareholders.


                                                           By Order of the Board
                                                             Leonard Bryan Turk
                                                                   Secretary


Hong Kong, 21 August, 2007

Members of the Board: Dr. Raymond Ch'ien Kuo-fung (Chairman)**, Chow Chung-kong
(Chief Executive Officer), Professor Cheung Yau-kai*, David Gordon Eldon*,
Christine Fang Meng-sang*, Edward Ho Sing-tin*, Lo Chung-hing*, T. Brian
Stevenson*, Professor Chan Ka-keung, Ceajer (Secretary for Financial Services
and the Treasury)**, Secretary for Transport and Housing (Eva Cheng)** and
Commissioner for Transport (Alan Wong Chi-kong)**

Members of the Executive Directorate: Chow Chung-kong, Russell John Black,
William Chan Fu-keung, Thomas Ho Hang-kwong, Lincoln Leong Kwok-kuen, Francois
Lung Ka-kui, Andrew McCusker and Leonard Bryan Turk

*   independent non-executive Directors
**  non-executive Directors

This announcement is made in English and Chinese.  In the case of any
inconsistency, the English version shall prevail.

                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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