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Hong KongChina (Asia)
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Examples of interesting station design:
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 Hong Kong
Metro art is not too obvious in Hong Kong, but MTR's Art in Stations initiative brings works of art into the stations since 1998. There's an Open Gallery project on the Island Line and in many of Hong Kong's metro stations, live performances and art exhibitions take place [mtr.com.hk].
Photo: Upper platform level of Tsing Yi station with 'Birds of a Feather' installation by Neil Dawson.
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Try this itinerary, recommended by residents or metro enthusiasts:
The short Disneyland Resort Line has fancy trains with Mickey Mouse-shaped windows.
Typefaces designed exclusively for this metro:
| Font Name | Designer | Year | Sample | Availability | Reference |
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| Casey (based on Tahoma and Frutiger) | unknown designer | 1996 |  | i-circle.net (registration required) | wikipedia.org |
Pre-recorded messages in Cantonese, Mandarin and English inside the train: "Tsing2 Mat6 Kau3 Gaun6 Tsae1 Mun4 – Qing3 Bu2yao4 Kao4jing3 Che1men2 &ndash Please stand back from the doors [do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do]" (numbers denote tunes of syllable) before the doors close (rm from ushb.net). "Ha Yat Jaam: Tai Jee. Sing Hak Hoh Yee Juen Sing Tsuen Wan Seen Wong Tsuen Wan Yuen Tou Gok Jaam" (Cantonese). "Xia Yi Zhan: Tai Zi. Cheng Ke Ke Yi Huan Cheng Quan Wan Xian Qian Wang Quan Wan Yuan Tu Ge Zhan" (Mandarin). "Next station: Prince Edward. Interchange station for the Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan" (English). (ushb.net.) Departure announcements outside the trains are different: "Tsing2 mat6 kau3 gaun6 yuet6 toi4 mok6 mun4 – ching bu yao kao jin yue tai mu men – Please stand back from the platform screen doors".
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Hong KongTrain departing from Tung Chung station ("Please stand back from the platform screen doors").
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