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Victoria Park and Causeway Bay's bustling shopping district are within walking distance, and the entertainment hubs of Soho and Tsim Sha Tsui are 15-to-20-minute MTR rides away.

From mainland Chinese tourists blaring abuse at unassuming commuters, to punters trimming their fingernails, our MTR is littered with the bodies of jokes gone terribly, terribly wrong.

The 118-storey skyscraper, luxury shopping mall, 6,300 flats and two five-star hotels that sit above the station were all developed or are now owned and managed by the MTR.

But SNCF has an enviable reputation as a high-speed pioneer; Trenitalia is likewise an experienced operator; and Guangshen Railway has teamed up with Hong Kong's excellent MTR.

"Barclays has never funded any MTR projects or developments directly," said a Barclays spokeswoman.

Critics say contracts to build property over stations should be open to tender and not just given to the MTR.

But its real importance has less to do with what was created than how.The builder is MTR Corporation of Hong Kong, the part-privatised company that runs the territory's remarkably efficient and clean metro system (pictured).

The railway's commuter services expanded considerably with its merger in 2007 with MTR Corporation, which had been established in 1975 to develop and operate Hong Kong's mass-transit system.

(A clearer explanation remained elusive on Tuesday, as representatives of Mr. Walder's new company, MTR Corporation, could not be reached).

Just two years after being named chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Jay H. Walder announced on Thursday that he was resigning to take over the MTR Corporation, which runs Hong Kong's sleek subway and commuter rail systems.

Mr. Walder was paid $350,000 — a high salary by most measures — but he is expected to make significantly more than that as chief executive of the MTR Corporation in Hong Kong.