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Mr Jay Walder
Chief Executive Officer
MTP Corporation
Biography:
Mr Jay Walder is the Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation. He has worked in the rail industry, both in England and in the United States, for over 20 years. Before joining MTR Corporation, Mr Walder was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the United States. Between 2001 and 2007, he was the Managing Director, Finance and Planning, of Transport for London. From 2007 to 2009, he was Partner at McKinsey & Company, London where he was the Global Leader of the Infrastructure Practice for the firm. Mr Walder is on the Board of Advisors of the Taubman Center at the Harvard Kennedy School and a member of the Visiting Committee for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Speech topic:
World-class railway delivers sustainable benefits to Hong Kong
Synopsis:
The expansion of Hong Kong's world-class railway network is set to deliver significant economic, environmental and social benefits to the city.
By 2015, the Express Rail Link will be opening up economic opportunities in the Pearl River Delta and beyond, while three new local community rail lines revitalise some of the older urban districts.
Hong Kong also offers a compelling model for city living for the 21st century – one where a low-carbon transport backbone supports sustainable communities along its lines and by doing so, can operate on a self-sustaining basis without the need for direct taxpayer subsidy.
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