MTR promotes May Wong as GM corporate relations

Wong’s promotion follows the retirement of Miranda Leung on 9 January after 37 yers of service.

Wong had more than a decade of experience as a journalist in Hong Kong and Canada before joining MTR for the first time in 1998. She has worked at the MTR continuously from 2003 to present. In between she worked in a communications manager role at the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels for close to two years. 

Wong reports to Jay Walder, chief executive officer of the MTR Corporation.

Meanwhile. Leung has retired after 37 years, the last 18 as head of the Corporate Relations Department. She played a significant role in the Corporation’s initial public offering in 2000 and the rail merger in 2007 by providing effective communications strategies and programmes.

“Miranda has been a great asset to MTR," Walder said. "With her wealth of knowledge and experience in the local business and social environment, Miranda has provided strategic input in shaping and formulating the most important decisions at corporate level.”