This doesn’t count as another China video

@firen777

4 жыл бұрын

Oof

@aranbear4852

4 жыл бұрын

Winnie the Pooh would like to know your location

@a.t.1011

4 жыл бұрын

@UCEvHtoi-RGGJ_0fJzLt2GiQ You can't watch this video from China.

@no_u

4 жыл бұрын

But sir I will inform you in 20 years when Hong Kong is part of China

@Pwn3dbyth3n00b

4 жыл бұрын

China begs to differ against the protesters.

As a teenager in Hong Kong, I remembered that I can go anywhere just using one card with public transport. I don't need to have a car, I don't need to rely on my parent to drive me to somewhere, I can go out with my friends, I can go to school with bus in elementary. A good public transport network mean freedom for young teenagers.

@vinitsoni3435

3 жыл бұрын

Same thing is in delhi

@roj22fetals6

3 жыл бұрын

What type of card is that m8?

@vinitsoni3435

3 жыл бұрын

@@firerocket7343 same thing is in delhi bro we call it metro card i can use it in buses , metro and grocery stores but at last most of the tech of india came from japan and almost every metro is imported from japan and we are soon gonna buy bullet train too

@roj22fetals6

3 жыл бұрын

@@firerocket7343 cool i wish we had that type of card here in my country

@karlweiser

3 жыл бұрын

vinit soni lol

As a Hongkonger, I get quite peeved off when I miss the train just to realize the next one comes in two minutes...sometimes I feel like I take the efficiency of the MTR for granted.

@Warrior1754

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf in Malaysia we have to wait for 6 mins (I mean metro not conventional train)

@AAAA-yd4kz

4 жыл бұрын

@@Warrior1754 be grateful, in sabah theres no things like MRT, LRT or Monorel. Here in sabah, we only have traffic jams

@tzhongyan2

4 жыл бұрын

@@AAAA-yd4kz at least if you live in the correct part of Sabah, you have the SSR option; meanwhile in Sarawak...

@dennisthewalker

4 жыл бұрын

In the US if you miss a train thats 30 mins...STFU about your 3 - 10 mins wait time

@orangepiiko2946

4 жыл бұрын

god i wish that were me

I was in Hong Kong last month for the first time. The MTR makes BART in San Francisco look like a transit system in a third world country in comparison.

@q0qcky753

4 жыл бұрын

half the stations are getting closed now :/

@case3177

4 жыл бұрын

bart stations and trains are third world countries

@walterwalter8607

4 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? Cairo subway is better than NY

@raps8691

4 жыл бұрын

you should've seen how fast the next MTR train arrives at the platform during rush hour.

@joserizal6773

4 жыл бұрын

@@case3177 USA, Europe and Scandinavian countries with bart and trains are 3rd world countries too??...What 4th country you came from?...ahahahaha!!

I see my apartment in the video! (also, great video)

@kishore369

4 жыл бұрын

I am Kento Bento

@blankblank1949

4 жыл бұрын

Hey love from North Korea. Our dear leader loves you very much

@adiabd1

4 жыл бұрын

And i thought you are from Japan or Korea

@CatholicWeeb

4 жыл бұрын

Time?

@Z1VA

4 жыл бұрын

Damn what an crossover

My city has the world’s best transit. Our metro is beautiful

@kishore369

4 жыл бұрын

No joke but Pyongyang's metro is actually good though outdated.

@duggg9019

4 жыл бұрын

Yes sir couldn't agree more

@CatholicWeeb

4 жыл бұрын

True somewhat

@blankblank1949

4 жыл бұрын

Yes dear leader, our transportation system is the BEST IN THE WORLD. HAIL KIM JONG UN

@edwardsnowden2313

4 жыл бұрын

Dude i was uh thinking about to get asylum over there, in exchange for some US secrets, you in or i try iran?

"strict no drinking or eating policy" as a person who was lived in HK for 3 years, it really isnt that strict

@xwarped83

4 жыл бұрын

There will always be outliers. It is still super clean when compared to any train system in the US.

@fauzirahman3285

4 жыл бұрын

No such policy is needed in Japan, but people only eat on the long-distance trains.

@DonDadda45

3 жыл бұрын

@@xwarped83 Because one has nothing to do with the other

@tominglee3436

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah no one really gives a fk, it’s just like “what a fking douche”

@fauzirahman3285

3 жыл бұрын

@H L I agree. No need for regulation on the trains there for eating.

As a visitor to HK, it's transportation system impresses me the most.

@isaacwong1465

4 жыл бұрын

well it is to you but not to hk people (News:MTR can't work Traffic Jam:so I just started coming)

@jacobhuang1633

3 жыл бұрын

when u visited

@li_tsz_fung

2 жыл бұрын

@vitamen d petting jelly bean whilefunnehiswatching I remember It used to be 3 minutes interval. It's just worse after covid. (I lived in Fanling for more than half of my life. I love Fanling so much. I wish there is some express train service.)

the video sums up why Hongkongers rely heavily on the Mass Transit Railway system while hating the company at the same time

@raymondchoon

4 жыл бұрын

Hongkongers used to be very proud of their subway company until two months ago, and the subway company started to side with the Hong Kong police. Notably, on the night of August 31, Hong Kong riot police came down to subway cars underground at the Prince Edward station to use batons to beat passengers indiscriminately. After that, the subway station was closed for two days. The rumor is that people were killed inside the subway station. In the following weeks, corpses showed up in the harbor, and people committed suicide based on no reason. The subway company refused public's request to release August 31 CCTV footage. It's the reason why Hongkongers now hate the company.

@AeDreamerz

4 жыл бұрын

hhh why don’t you talk about what happened before all this police came in?

@sunnychan1130

4 жыл бұрын

and now there is a non-cooperation movement from locals where we will transit only by bus and will not shop at shopping malls owned by MTR. It is a big challenge but quite a lot of HK people are persisting to it.

@Troyless

4 жыл бұрын

OMG, IT'S MONOKUMA!!!

@w8ingsim43

4 жыл бұрын

@@raymondchoon dude,stop spread lies, there are literally videos of that day about what happened, I am gonna put a link here later to prove you are wrong.

How Hong Kong built the worlds largest rally in a train station.

@seabookarno123

4 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway is covering state murder by the police as well :-(

@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320

4 жыл бұрын

@@seabookarno123 murder? Lmao they must be covering it up really well, considering the hundreds of pro-HK reporters surrounding every officer, waiting for them to or goading them into making a mistake. Not one protestor died due to the police, while more than 10 died in the France Yellow Vests. One protetsor did fall from a height, but that was pure stupidity

@ralphkai9594

4 жыл бұрын

How Hong Kong built the Worlds Controversial Protest in a train station

@seabookarno123

4 жыл бұрын

@@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320 They are not covering the murders very well and there is evidence; there have been bodies were found in random places since September 1 and it is reported the physical appearances of the bodies do not fit to the reports; I don't know which sources you read from, there was a major violence escalated by the police on the Aug 31 and several people were still missing. People demanded the CCTV footage from MTR and they refused to show (MTR is a public entity but they are very untransparent).

@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320

4 жыл бұрын

@@seabookarno123 sigh. Not even the BBC or CNN dares to allege murder, and they jump all over any sign that a protestors even got a bruise . You get your news from the Epoch times?

6:56 : "there is a strict no eating or drinking policy" HK students : *laughs in 7-11*

@vyomeshdua240

4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the beers and soju drank by LKF peeps on the island line every Saturday night

@amosfu345

4 жыл бұрын

No eating or drinking in PAID AREAS and TRAIN COMPARTMENTS.

@christopherchan5245

4 жыл бұрын

“Eating and Drinking is not allowed on trains, or in paid areas of stations.” God damn that PA announcement is annoying.

@hemlatabisnauthsing54

4 жыл бұрын

uhm, seen many people eating and drink in the bus. People manners!

@amosfu345

4 жыл бұрын

Hemlata Bisnauthsing Where? Hong Kong? I seldom see people eating in the bus or train compartments.

I worked on the Australian team that installed the first smartcard transit ticketing system for HK in the late 1990s. I can still remember some of the LRT station names.

@tailsmelv025

2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!! Share with us some of the names you remember :)

@dawnnadir

Жыл бұрын

Name it!

@cmonkey63

Жыл бұрын

@@tailsmelv025 The one name that stuck in my mind was Tuen Mun, and years later I read that station name in a Robert Ludlum novel.

@cmonkey63

Жыл бұрын

@@dawnnadir The company I worked for, ERG, doesn't exist any more but I remember working on that project, including the ferry company that worked out of Tuen Mun Ferry Pier. Just north of that is the Melody Garden station, a signal of British influence in the city.

@dawnnadir

Жыл бұрын

@@cmonkey63 British influence in Hong Kong is not a bad one. Far better than communist China influence. In fact, Hong Kong would not have been in existence on the map without the British given Hong Kong is the prime British colony so as the Portuguese Macau. Most people here prefer the Brits rather than the Northern mandarins as things have turned out. As a resident of Tuen Mun area, thank you for your work.

Fun fact: most US streetcar systems historically operated the same way. Then the government decided to heavily subsidize motorcars and they could no longer compete

@jimbabwe6529

4 жыл бұрын

And the car companies bought the streetcar systems and dismantled them in order to remove competition

@c.j.3404

3 жыл бұрын

Except the government didn't subidize motor cars and land values in cities never did rise fast enough for this business model to work, by the time the car company's bought the street car system they where so in the red it was ither that or bankruptcy. Seriously what worked in hon kong would not work for the us.

@SergejVolkov17

2 жыл бұрын

@@c.j.3404 then why did they buy it in the first place? It would've gone bankrupt by itself, no need to spend any money

@c.j.3404

2 жыл бұрын

@@SergejVolkov17 combination of bad binzness (they didn't realize how bad a shape the street cars were in) And government subsidies for buying Struggling public transport because despite what people like to say the us government dose try to support public transportation a lot more then regular cars, its gust extremely hard to do in america because its not Europe or east asia.

@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact : car companies bought public transit to destroy it

Please use metric system as well! The square foots does not mean anything to us (rest of the world)

@fatbadboy329

4 жыл бұрын

Funnily, sq metres is about x10 of a sq ft, so you can actually divide sq ft by 10 and get sq metres.

@cyzhouhk

4 жыл бұрын

Actually in Hong Kong, most property is sold in square feet. Although I feel that because property is so expensive and small here, it's more of a marketing ploy. I mean 500 square feet vs 46 square metres.

@DaveKeil

4 жыл бұрын

No dude - if he gives two he messes up the units and will confuse the shit out of everyone

@Banom7a

4 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong use square feet though for property.

@wwvvvvvww

4 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong uses metric system in almost every single aspect, except for land and property (which still use hectare & sq foot)

When I started this video, I was like, "Damn, I gotta visit Hong Kong." Then I remembered current events. I guess I'll have to wait for a while.

@laiyinwong4814

4 жыл бұрын

Jacob Levin-Fay actually the city is quite safe except weekends

@q0qcky753

4 жыл бұрын

@@laiyinwong4814 kinda......

@LeanBackNplay

4 жыл бұрын

May be was the best transit, until it got destroyed by mobs last month lol

@johnclark7966

4 жыл бұрын

@@LeanBackNplay it still is the best transit system.

@LeanBackNplay

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnclark7966 When it is working then may be lol

Meanwhile in Hong Kong: Half of the MTR stations are closed

@jacobsiebe696

4 жыл бұрын

Rioters smashed all the metro stations

@dearlover6725

4 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid they are destroyed by underlying spies disguised by the HK Police

@jacobsiebe696

4 жыл бұрын

Dear LoVeR police disguise themselves to sabotage the metro when you can see the rioters are all young students who are 20 something and you call them police disguised .and police disguised themselves to be the rioters and real police caught them just to creat fear ,is this what you mean ?? You are insane and brainwashed

@operatorjewski9450

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha dumb ass country destroying it's self for freedom. LOL probs the dumbest shit I've ever seen. In a war, HongKong would nuke itself bahajdjdndb what the fuckkkkkk

@andromeda2308

4 жыл бұрын

*All

7:07 I literally visit this EXACT 7-eleven every other day. Never thought I would ever see it in a KZread Video! Hang Hau Station, Exit A.

@aser278

4 жыл бұрын

Hgo S can i ask you questions about Hong Kong

@hgos7211

4 жыл бұрын

@@aser278 Sure. Born and raised.

@TheErudite21

4 жыл бұрын

@@hgos7211 How hard is it to find an apartment that is around 900 sq ft (80 sq meters), at $1500 (11K HKD) or less?

@wekiwakawu8390

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheErudite21 Don't think you can even rent it for half a month with this size

@hgos7211

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheErudite21 Would be very very difficult indeed, as Harry HK pointed out. 900sq feet go for around 25-30k HKD on average I believe.

Out of all the cities I've lived, nothing beats HK. If the apartments are not so expensive, this city would be heaven.

@austinbyrd4164

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine a bigger country with the policies of Hong Kong. Plenty of land to build and maximize on.

@austinbyrd4164

2 жыл бұрын

@@wengefu5335 *was

@usernowhere4292

2 жыл бұрын

And the city is hell because the apartments are outrageously expensive.

@yunzensal5466

2 жыл бұрын

was* now is becoming mainland china. bye bye personal freedoms.

@seeforkat

2 жыл бұрын

haha.... Imagine that.

Living in hk throughout my life, we just take this transit system for granted, it wasn't until I went to other places when I relaize how fast, simple and efficient our line really is. It's rarely down at all and the only times it's down you can just switch to another line to contiune your routine. Some of us don't even take buses because of that, since there's no traffic jams that would make you late to work.

@JKMT

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile Sydney metro is on track work 50% of the time

@atelier7516

Жыл бұрын

As a Hong Konger studying abroad in Auckland NZ it really made me appreciate how amazing the MTR really is (Ps: Auckland public transport/ transport in general = literal hell on earth)😢

@touhoufan7071

Жыл бұрын

Me and buses in the UK:

31 Minute Delay equals a Fine Me: *Laughs in Melbourne Metro 40 Mins per train*

5.894 rounded to 5.8... that hurts

@jizzlecizzle1388

4 жыл бұрын

Truncated.

@rohankhtrapal7889

4 жыл бұрын

Still better than in my country, India. 1339.2 million gets rounded off to 1.33 billion 😂

@presidentjiang6762

2 жыл бұрын

What about 5.89

@shalyfemusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@rohankhtrapal7889 bruh

Except when a train crashed on East rail line this week .

@thinkingemoji5924

4 жыл бұрын

Sugarfoot 007 What’s it like being paid by the Chinese government to post this shit?

@StreetPeter

4 жыл бұрын

Sugarfoot 007 tiananmen square massacre

@henryyu8239

4 жыл бұрын

thinking emoji what’s it like to no get paid to still have to lick off your wonderful western democracy

@henryyu8239

4 жыл бұрын

The Internet Tough Guy The great daily American neighbourhood shootout. The great American Dream also brought homelessness to millions of people in the Middle East:)

@chunchoi4434

4 жыл бұрын

@Hernando Malinche they are preteding to be the so called anti gov criminal to get the hker angry and the world to think what hk is happening is overwhelming

The start of Tuen Ma line is very delightful for Mr Lau 羅先生

@PatheticTV

2 жыл бұрын

屯馬開通真的很興奮

@LugowuMatthew

2 жыл бұрын

@@PatheticTV exactly

@himyaus2e08kwok6

2 жыл бұрын

Haha haha I remember

@sashathepotato3467

2 жыл бұрын

LMAOOOOOOO

@randomplayer3826

2 жыл бұрын

LOL YES

I studied abroad in Hong Kong from January until May this year and the public transit was by far one of my favorite parts, especially because I came from the US. Getting everywhere so quickly in a city is something Americans will never understand.

@jordanchristley1306

7 ай бұрын

No we understand. We may never experience, but we understand 😢

It's funny how you talk about Hongkong transit at a time like this.

@kevinlification

4 жыл бұрын

he's getting in before the CIA and rioters make hong kong becomes the fishing village again

@womas5316

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinlification Nah, the reason why Hong Kong is so special is because of its system. China ain't doing full capitalism and judiciary independence anytime soon, so, the Hong Kong people have every right to fight for freedom

@someone-vw2ii

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinlification Just wondering, how do you get a city of over 7 million to become a fishing village again?

@georgelabe-assimo4365

4 жыл бұрын

some one This Grace person is some pro-CCP shill who thinks that the CIA is behind everything and that HK relies on China to be a world class when it’s really the other way around.

@someone-vw2ii

4 жыл бұрын

@@georgelabe-assimo4365 I hear you. Seems right.

Next video: "How Hong Kong has a mass traffic jam when MTR has a technical difficulties." Yes it happened. I an a hongkonger.

@someone-vw2ii

4 жыл бұрын

@El Bottoo The East Rail Line track betweeen Hung Hom and Mong Kok East was never affected by the protesters. Actually, protesters didn't really go into those stations at all. So in what way are they related?

@someone-vw2ii

4 жыл бұрын

@@KS2996 slight clarification: not confirmed how it happened but it definitely is a possibility.

@someone-vw2ii

4 жыл бұрын

@El Bottoo Don't mean to be overly annoying (maybe) but what's a "cohroach"? Second, what evidence do you have that proves the MTR workers were "nervous"? Third, "waited fro MTR personnel at night after work?" Sorry, but I don't follow that. Fourth, you happen to have evidence of MTR personnel getting harassed? Just wondering. And fifth, yes, the MTR workers' work "is affected just like any other [person's work] would." But isn't fighting for democracy also affecting their own work, many for the better so to fight for a better Hong Kong? Everything has tradeoffs, "cohroach" (which I will just assume is "cockroach").

@jeffreylmAu

4 жыл бұрын

@El Bottoo I like how you can't even spell cockroach. And I am pretty sure this word isn't a thing in youtube and it only appeared here. Thus to someone who can only see the superficial manifestation of an event and refuses to dig into the causes and reasons behind it I have nothing to say.

@cpl02victor44

4 жыл бұрын

I just hate people who like to turn a simple comment into a political argument. Look the original comment doesn't even have any relationship with the current crisis at all. HK is very dependent on public transport, especially MTR. If it breaks, traffic standing still is inevitable. The roads just dont have the capacity to handle all the commuters travelling to different places.

The MTR also profits from running other country's services, such as TFL rail in London which is partly run by MTR

@marcoroberts9462

2 жыл бұрын

TFL has a 134% fairbox recovery. impressive

@Cloudrak

2 жыл бұрын

and SWR is also run by FirstGroup and MTR

I went to Hong Kong and I was more confident in their system in 2 days and could travel anywhere. My own city is a lot harder to use and I’m less confident on it.

@smallestdude99

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same lol, I’ve been here a week and I’m confident travelling anywhere around here. I still struggle with London, where I’ve lived for so long 😅😂

Hongkong : Report delay that longer than 8 minutes to the goverment Everyone : Wow that's amazing. Japan : pfft, we issue written explanation if we late by a minute North Korea : pfft, we execute everyone involved in that particular train if they're late by 10 seconds

@SomeoneCookAChicken

4 жыл бұрын

Blank Blank USA: pfft we don’t even care

@becsterbrisbane6275

4 жыл бұрын

Brisbane: Commuters get punished by their employer!

@wastedoxys

4 жыл бұрын

Zimbabwe : holy shit a train

@user-xb9yv2ci4c

4 жыл бұрын

Deutsche Bahn: A train is not delayed, when you cancel it completely.

@imnothere3107

4 жыл бұрын

Japan: We held a press conference because we were 30 seconds early

I've travelled to 30 countries and Hong Kong had the EASIEST transit system to understand out of all the metro cities. Unreal. Need to go back 🙌🏾

It's a job well done (again)! You guys always manage to put 2 and 2 together and blow my mind every single time. Keep at it!!

Singapore: **sad noises**

@lzh4950

4 жыл бұрын

The Singapore government has reminded it's banks & other financial companies not to practice too much _schadenfreude_ though by luring clients away from HK amid it's political unrest

@rose-vg5es

3 жыл бұрын

Kiasu country...jk

6:44 That is no longer true. That was a valid policy until the two major metro companies merged into MTR, which is nowadays largely disregarded. In the past year, there have been three major delays which the public announcement, news outlet and their mobile application failed to disclose within an hour. 1. The time they just had signalling error, no signal or warning until you are already in the paid area and saw a sea of people 2. The day after a T10 typhoon where fallen trees blocked some major roads and forced everyone underground. Once again, no special warning in or outside of the station. 3. 5th August, disobedient protest. They refused to admit their inability to move passengers for well over 2 hours.

@jch_sn

4 жыл бұрын

Harry Tsang thanks to our govt

@My_Name_Suc

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to our “great” government and “great” country

0:55 '(...) a steep 370-meter, or 12,000-foot ascent (...)' Minor correction: 370 m is equal to ~1,200 feet, not 12,000.

this is the best and the fairest video explaining the MTR i have ever seen! good work and glory to Hong Kong

Hong Kong, a place that once made us Hong Kong people proud, now has more than a million people emigrating like refugees due to political factors.

@austinbyrd4164

2 жыл бұрын

Nuke china

0:17: "...99.9 % arrive on time." 7:00 "They arrive so often there is no need for a time table." Haha well played MTR, well played!

@frederickasa98

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe there is a timetable but there's no need to look at it

@someone-vw2ii

4 жыл бұрын

It's kinda hilarious that the Airport Express has its own timetable. I went to Hong Kong some time ago, and on the back of this system map I got, there was the full Airport Express timetable, even when the entire thing could have been summed up as "trains about every 10 minutes from 5:50am to about 1am"

@canto_v12

3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter when the next train is coming, because it's already here.

@presidentjiang6762

3 жыл бұрын

When the train takes longer than 3 minutes to arrive the station it’s late.

@Arkiasis

Жыл бұрын

In any good subway system trains arrive about every 3-4 minutes. At that point yeah you don't need a timetable since you just show up and a train will be there soon.

0:56 A steep 370m or 12,000 ft climb, not sure about that one chief.

@adiabd1

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, it's supposed to be twelve hundred, not twelve thousand

The transition to the advertisement is so smooth

It's perfect. I went there 9 times and I'm still amazed by how they did it

Ok, everyone, I think he's obsessed with trains and China and Hong Kong

@jimmyhaotran123

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agreed! Even though he is not admitting it in this video.

@PrograError

4 жыл бұрын

just like how wenover and half as interesting in obsessed in planes

@Deciant

4 жыл бұрын

Too bad HK is not a part of China

@anson4924

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, Hong Kong is not china

@aleximay9480

4 жыл бұрын

@@anson4924 there u go

Your transitions into the ad read are actually incredible. 😂😂😂

i have so much respect for you sharing your sources compared to a major of KZread channels

i love how obvious poly matter is that kid who loved trains a little too much but also never grew out of it

Why do Hong Kong Police wake up so early? So they can beat the crowds

@xtzyshuadog

4 жыл бұрын

HahahaDon'tForgetTheUSGovernmentFundedTheEquipmentTheHKpoliceUSE

@xtzyshuadog

4 жыл бұрын

AndPoliceGetFirebombedFromTimeToTimeTooJustKeepAnOpenzmind

@ericcartmann

4 жыл бұрын

@@xtzyshuadog If the police doesn't want to get fire bombed, maybe they should leave the protestors alone and stop beating them and gasing them?

@randomperson6988

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Elytron lmao

@juiceontheloose123

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericcartmann bruh

Hong Kong have light rail system in the New Territories too.

4:07 Disabled only needs 2 HKD for every ride including bus & mini bus

@lyhthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

should had just made it free for them in that case..

@Ca11mewhatever

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyhthegreat $2 hkd not usd

@lyhthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ca11mewhatever yea, so more reason to make it free for them

Cool video, I learn something today. Thank you.

-Ok, so what are you teaching toda... -CHINA -ok and any other than Chi.. -HONGKONG

A beautiful and wonderful channel 😍😍

Excellent Video! Thank you so much!

Maybe that’s why us Hongkongers get so pissed when somebody is late 😂

Octopus card is so convenient! You can recharge in convenient shop like 7/11 But MTR is very expensive in Hong Kong. At least they do not have strike in transportation, not like RATP in Paris... :D

@PrograError

4 жыл бұрын

wait till the CCP slam the brakes on them

@lbc2013

4 жыл бұрын

Like an IC card in Japan (suica, pasmo, etc.)

@frankun8755

4 жыл бұрын

They don't have strike but they are strike by rioters in recent times

@soledad9527

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrograError CCP won't do that, till now most Hong Konger is happy with violent, if you anti-China, you can do anything you want. if you support China, they will punch at your face

@afunguynamedkawhi7959

4 жыл бұрын

You obviously have not heard Alipay and WeChat pay.

Thanks for another interesting video and I like how you mention the caveats of it as well. As wonderfully managed the public transportation system is, it also shows shows that common limitation: What to do when the system isn't in working condition and you are not prepared with a plan B, like a car.

0:18 Yeah, as a Hong Konger, I am state that it’s true. The train always come on the time as same as the estimated time. 0:32 I think it’s mainly because of lack of parkings/ the parkings are expensive. 4:32 The video here is actually commercial area. Mainly include office or wareroom for storage. 7:49 A portion of the place in HK is not developed, mainly because of brownfields and country park. (Hope my comments here stays impartial and true 😂 tell me if I am wrong) However, I am still appreciate how much work/ research/ time have you used to prepare for this video! Most of the information is right! You’ve gained a sub from Hong Kong now 🤣🤣🤣

Can we talk about how clever the dual station cross platform interchange that the MTR uses is? On their busiest lines, to remove the bottleneck that transferring lines creates in stations, they'll run the two trains from the two lines people transfer between onto two sides of the same station platform so to change lines you just walk across the platform. Of course there's two directions you could want to interchange in, so they'll run the lines parallel to each other for two stations so there's one station per transfer direction. It's brilliant and I can't believe no other network on the planet has stolen this idea yet.

@priscillayoga4040

2 жыл бұрын

Taipei has!

@SGZStudios

Жыл бұрын

Singapore:

4:02 You'd have to be stupid to take that route. The Airport Express (teal) costs five times as much as the Tung Chung line (runs paralell) and saves about two minutes of time.

@ArchOfWinter

4 жыл бұрын

Please, if you can afford Airport Express, you'd be flying at worst business class. That line wasn't designed for us who flies couch.

@NateNate60

4 жыл бұрын

@@ArchOfWinter The Airport Express is for tourists who want to spend the money anyway and are willing to pay extra for comfort. You can also take a bus from Chek Lap Kok to Cheung On Bus Terminus and change buses there or walk the extra 500m to Tsing Yi Station if you want to save money.

@Vlasov45

4 жыл бұрын

@@NateNate60 as a multi-visit tourist to HK I can attest to that. It's largely offset by the fact that I can buy the 3 day unlimited Oyster card, and get the trip to and from the airport included in the price, plus unlimited travel around HK. I've found it's worth the price for the convenience.

@andison627

4 жыл бұрын

The AEL is for tourists. The TCL is for tourists on a tight budget or HK residents who know better. Alternatively, there is always the A11 and E11/E11A bus, for those who are super budget conscious.

@Chicken_o7

4 жыл бұрын

True, but the Airport Express always has discounts for stuff like taxi or parking so sometimes it makes sense to use it.

That footage is amazing. My wife and i are going to Hong Kong next month for the first time. I hope things have calmed down by then. The city looks amazing.

@NoobehPvP

4 жыл бұрын

Darryn Waugh how was it?

@wogga8

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoobehPvP we dont arrive until Wed so not sure yet.

@NoobehPvP

4 жыл бұрын

@@wogga8 Don't worry too much about the protests. Im a local. Life goes on normally. Stay out of the protests and you'll be fine :).

@wogga8

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoobehPvP cheers. We did debate about whether we would go but the city needs people to keep going. We think we would be unlucky to even see the protests.

@NoobehPvP

4 жыл бұрын

@@wogga8 It's still really nice. The media obviously only shows the violent side. Life is still the same. HKers are workaholics after all. Protest would only make your stay a little more inconvenient. Download the MTR app by the way :)

this is a very insightful video

"the only double decker tram in the world" *bruh*

@wanitooo

3 жыл бұрын

Britain: That's my boy

@PatheticTV

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you say bruh? It’s the only full double decker system in the world.

You’re right about Detroit, they spend more on their PeopleMover to keep it running than the amount people spent to ride it. The Detroit PeopleMover is considered a white elephant

@Token_Nerd

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarkfarhen3870 If all infrastructure was private, we'd be spending 60$ a day to commute by freeways into cities and public transit would cost over 2 dollars per mile. Source: look at Japan. It's fast, clean, and efficient, but expensive as hell.

@mortkebab2849

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because of crime and dirtiness. Jail or execute the criminals and vandals, ala China, and problem solved.

@Token_Nerd

4 жыл бұрын

@@mortkebab2849 We have these things called Human rights, and what you just described doesn't adhere to them.

@mizanulhaque8476

4 жыл бұрын

Avery the Cuban-American that’s true anytime I go on it, there’s barely any people. If Detroit had its pre decline population it would of made sense

@mortkebab2849

4 жыл бұрын

@@Token_Nerd "Human Rights" is a made-up term to destroy our traditional societies.

A.K.A. how Hong Kong made it to my bucket list! 😀

@GearZNet

4 жыл бұрын

You're going there to ride trains?? lmao 😂

@sblue3964

4 жыл бұрын

HK is wayyyy overrated tbh

@unassumingaccount395

4 жыл бұрын

@@sblue3964 Better than singapore lmao

@sblue3964

4 жыл бұрын

@@unassumingaccount395 Are you on drugs? SG is no longer at the same level as HK. It's stable, clean, orderly, and most importantly, people don't have to live in cages lol

@sblue3964

4 жыл бұрын

@@supawathorsuwan9306 I'm comparing HK to people's perception of HK. That's what "overrated" means :)

The First Train in Hong Kong is KCR in 1910 with 1 Line at the Time with 6 Stations and the first Subway/Metro in Hong Kong is MTR(Metro Transit Railway) in 1979 with 1 Line with 8 Stations at the Time

@ItzKKPlaysHK

9 ай бұрын

Yeah

This is a great video! I kept telling my American friends that the HK problem is not a problem of ideology but of survival and that is largely to do with the housing crisis. Thanks for elaborating it.

@shop_88

Жыл бұрын

u misinformated u friend indeed

2:38 I dont usually hear my towns name except when talking about transportation and poverty

Thanks for the support polymatter. Cheers from Hong Kong. We fight for freedom and justice

@TheKyato

4 жыл бұрын

By sabotaging normal HK citizens lives and rights

Wow! Great Video!

What a great video!

love it how you merged Tung Chung Line (the orange one) and the Airport Express (the green one) as they go on the same route and I use the orange line everyday!

Hong Kong was our first family trip outside of the country, and as a first time international traveller, you'd think that we'd rely on taxis, etc. but during the whole duration of our stay, we only used their public transport. I loved and enjoyed commuting for the first time, and ended up hating my country's public transportation system even more 😅

It's really nice to see how someone else, solve problems, that could help someone else.

As a born in HK teen, yout introduction to the sponsor is superb 😂 Didn't expect that while watching

HK certainly has a superb transit system. It puts many other cities to shame. Great video.

PolyMatter: Makes good videos PolyU: Makes a homemade slingshot

@alexlo7708

4 жыл бұрын

Lower than college.

@lzh4950

4 жыл бұрын

My friend: "Is PolyU a polytechnic or a university? Can it make up it's mind?"

That transition into the sponsor shout out was PHENOMENAL 🙆🏾‍♂️

Can confirm. Rode it in 2019 and was supremely jealous. To be fair, the NYC subway did receive some major signal updates during the pandemic

I've been to HK and the trains there are so good. Unlike where I live (NYC)

3:58 No one goes to Central with the Airport Express from Lo Wu. Instead you’d change to the Tsuen Wan Line in Tsim Sha Tsui, which connects to Tsim Sha Tsui East station on the West Rail Line through a pedestrian tunnel.

@vincentwei9869

2 жыл бұрын

depends on how much luggage you have, east to west is a 6 minute walk ish without being encumbered.

I used to live in Hong Kong, and its amazing public transport system influenced the way I look at transit forever. It's truly spectacular and it will always have a special place in my heart.

I never seen or heard such smooth transition from movies to advertising

I just wished America would have greater public transport. The fact you can't get trains from major cities as well as some cities like Cape Coral or Arlington Texas have no public transport astonishes me. It would cut emissions would wide so easily if there was a decrease in the amount of car travel.

@israellai

4 жыл бұрын

I'm willing to bet a good portion of car emissions in the world belong in 'Murica...we keep being taught to use public transport more often, when we aren't even the problem

@TheOwenMajor

4 жыл бұрын

Passenger rail service doesn't make sense for the vast majority of USA, air travel is far faster and cost-effective.

@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheOwenMajor That's not the point, it's about trying to reduce the amount of carbon emissions as America has one of the highest with car to people ownership. The fact I believe commuting from cities like Dallas to Houston or Miami to Orlando which is prime train commuting roots is almost impossible is astonishing.

@chunchoi4434

4 жыл бұрын

America, the king of emissions

@TheOwenMajor

4 жыл бұрын

@@Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd Miami to Orlando is the next phase in one of the few successful private HSR projects in the US. And Dallas to Houston is in the planning stages. So I'm not quite sure what your point is. These are large projects with minimal impact, of course they will develop slowly.

I love those old trams. And the Star ferry. And the longest escalator!

Yay! A video about my city!

Many Hong Kong people are dissatisfied with the performance of the MTR but they just have no alternative choices :(

@aaronp2542

4 жыл бұрын

May I ask what problems people have? I been there in hk and live in the U.S. so I desperately wish for it to be here instead of what we call a public transportation system.

Polymatter and China , still a better love story than Twilight.

@jimmyhaotran123

4 жыл бұрын

The more I see Polymatter the more I ship them XD. It's basically the only western propaganda that is fun to watch

@goldsilvervscrisiscollapse4320

4 жыл бұрын

@@edwardsnowden2313 seems you have taken Snowden's name in vain. I believe that the term mouthbreather would be appropriate for you, but that is assuming you had the mental capacity to hold your mouth open while simultaniously inhaling air.

@kishore369

4 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyhaotran123 I don't think that this is propaganda lol however for the mainstream Western media they suck.

@AFlyingCookieLOL

4 жыл бұрын

@@edwardsnowden2313 China doesn't bomb 3rd world countries like the west. Dictator? You should stop speaking when you don't know much.

@thastayapongsak4422

4 жыл бұрын

@@AFlyingCookieLOL china however occupy 3rd world countries' land and business with unfair debt and project. It's the same as bomb, except it is too quiet for you dumb people to notice and spread fake Chinese propagandas.

The fact is that I saw myself on the camera

can confirm, went to hong kong fall 2018 and used subway religiously. Its all in english too so it was pretty great

When where you live doesn't have MTR: Inconvenient yet cheap

Really appreciate your video!! As a HongKonger I could say that all the information and analysis shown in the video are sooo accurate (I live in Lohas Park and all the footages are correct!!). Can't imagine it to be so updated especially in illustrating how MTR has limited the movement of people during protests. Thank you and please may the world stand with us while we fight for our freedom!

@thadiussean9133

4 жыл бұрын

so if you were a taxi driver, and criminals wanted to use your taxi to get away from the scene of the crime, you would drive them? Not only that, they've been smashing and ripping up your taxi, and refusing to pay the fare whiel they're at it.

So interesting! I love HKG, consider it the most btfl city in the world due to the islands, beaches, hills and forests. I am sorry for their freedoms being reduced. What a surprise that the govt. is responsible for the unaffordable housing, though.

@austinbyrd4164

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a hardcore free marketer, but that's not entirely true. The entire country of hong kong is the size of a city. It's impossible to bring down prices while still maintaining this good of quality with such high demnd and so little space to expand. If they were the size of china with their policies, then they'd be a utopia.

@aaditbhandari5232

2 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong is actually not that bad rn, western media makes it look a lot worse than it is, I support the protests but I think the government handled it not too bad, it's over now anyway

@weidee5245

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaditbhandari5232 Could you explain to me what has happened in hong kong recently regarding the protests (links to videos will do! :)? I stopped following news about it since the pandemic outbreak, I'm really curious about how hong kong is doing right now.

@vanessawong140

2 жыл бұрын

@@weidee5245 basically since the pandemic outbreak, the national security law happened. Meaning no political freedom anymore. Unions are now forced to close one by one. Basically no freedom anymore + eliminating any objections sounded by the public. Also now a lot of people are trying to emigrate out of hk.

I live in hong kong for 12 years. Everyday, I can feel the magic moment of hong kong. And I also learn to record hong kong by dji pocket 2.

@sxli3340

3 жыл бұрын

7-11 d

On march 1st this year my class are going to japan and transit to hong kong, meanwhile the corona virus isnt slowing down i hope they will return safely🙏🏼🙏🏼

I think Hong Kong property developer should learn a thing or two about building houses on hills from our friend the minecraft villager.

@julianwong6780

4 жыл бұрын

Akbaer Villagers: let’s build a house on top of this cliff even tho it’s impossible to get up there Also villagers: let’s build houses right next to raiders

The metro MTR was great, but it’s getting more and more problematic in every aspect

@imranomar9847

4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@peterlam7625

4 жыл бұрын

imran omar one of the reasons being its linkage with the Chinese companies that make unusable (dangerous) stations and railroads despite being insanely overbudge

@greatjoshfightloser-0290

4 жыл бұрын

@@imranomar9847 Constant delays and accidents have been dragging down MTR's reputation for at least 5 years, still the company thinks MTR is the best metro company in the world while ruining one of its overseas services: Sydney Metro

@alexlo7708

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterlam7625 China has MAGLEV train. Don't compare HK tech to China. They lead HK far far away.

@yurusan721

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexlo7708 The Shanghai Maglev is purely German technology. So no, China haven't developed it's own maglev.

PolyMatter always has the smoothest brand plugs. He always connects the topic of the video to his sponsor and their product smoothly.

As someone who has used metro in Hong Kong, Paris, NYC, Delhi, Singapore, Thailand etc i can confirm that nothing beats the HK MTR system. Or in fact, all of HK public transportation

I miss Hong Kong’s transit system now that I live in a place with a very small amount of public transit

@pinayinarizona2654

2 жыл бұрын

Same feeling.when I was in HK I can go wherever I want.even if that place not familiar to me yet .so easy to go places in this lovely city.while here in the place where I am right now ,omg.no public transportation,not even a mini bus .its very frustrating for me .I always rely on my husband to drive me from home to work or to go grocery shopping.i feel like I lost my freedom in this huge country were freedom is originated.

It's $2 HKD for eligible elderly wherever they go in HK ;)

@Brick-Life

4 жыл бұрын

in Guangzhou they travel for free. They have an elderly card and use for bus and metro

@Kaebuki

4 жыл бұрын

Brick Life Well Hong Kong’s one is privately run so they have to make profit somehow. The subsidies by the government does help keep the prices down, though.

@iamhorny4542

4 жыл бұрын

That's for buses

@rdrive2000

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarkfarhen3870 privately run not privately owned. there is a difference. U may not understand that because u don't see any example in the U.S.

I have experience living in NYC and Hong Kong, and indeed, there's not much traffic jam in Hong Kong, rarely happened unless there's car crash or some of the tunnels having bottle neck in peak period.

amazing lead up to the brilliant announcement