Integrating with the Community - Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival together

Being part of the community, the MTR Corporation always keep close connections and communications with our local stakeholders while expanding the railway network in the community. In celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival, various new projects teams actively participated in local events and celebrations, bringing festive joy to different community groups during this traditional festival.

With works just commenced on the Tuen Mun River, the Tuen Mun South Extension (TME) project team, together with the light rail and bus operations teams formed the MTR Tuen Mun dragon boat team, putting in blood, sweat and tears to rally on the Tuen Mun River and compete in the Tuen Mun Dragon Boat Race.

Colleagues from the TME project team and the light rail and bus operations teams joined together to compete in the Tuen Mun Dragon Boat Race and fight for the "MTR Friendly Cup".

The new projects teams also connected with the community by interacting with the elderly and youth during the festival via different engagement works and activities. This helped different stakeholder groups to understand how railway development has grown and changed with society, providing more connections among different communities.

The TME projects team partnered with an MTR volunteer group to visit the Islamic Primary School in Tuen Mun. They introduced and celebrated traditional Chinese customs with the ethnic minority students through the Tuen Ng Rice Dumpling Sachet workshop. The students also learnt more on the latest news of TME as well as railway development within their own community.

The TME projects team co-organised a Tuen Ng Rice Dumpling Sachet workshop with the Islamic Primary School, sharing the origins and the joy of the festivities.

The Northern Link (NOL) projects team also collaborated with the "Mini Movements Inclusive Arts Association" in visiting the Joyful Garden Nursing Home in the Kwu Tung North New Development Area. They put the old Hong Kong from the 1970s into miniature art pieces and shared the nostalgia of the old days by linking the past and presenting the future. The team has explained how Kwu Tung Station on the East Rail Line, which will be completed in 2027, will improve the connectivity of Kwu Tung with other districts.

The NOL projects team unfolded the latest news of the project and the construction at Kwu Tung Station on the East Rail Line. The elderly were intrigued by the interactions and were all in high spirits.

The project team and the "Mini Movements" volunteers presented a series of miniature artworks to the elderly, bringing them back to Hong Kong in the 1970s.