A:
My home is near Jordan MTR Station. I find it very interesting to study MTR English!
B: For
many years, people in the Jordan area have been lobbying
for a lift from
Jordan Road to Jordan MTR Station. The
lift is almost ready for use.
People in Yau Ma Tei have also been hoping for a lift at YMT Station.
I
wonder if the MTR will put one there? And I wonder how many years it will
take to be constructed?
C: "O where, O where have
the workers gone, O where, O where have they gone to?"
D: The yellow sign says that the construction of
the Jordan lift began July
28, 2010. Correct.
Then it says the original completion date was April 30, 2012.
Incorrect.
If you remove the April 30 stick-on, I think you'll find that
the original
"original
completion date" was November 2011.
In any case, April 30 was
many days ago...and still no lift service.
On May 7 there was a announcement at the station "During these
days a new lift will start operating". The announcement lasted only
one day. The black sign has been around for a while:
it also has a new completion date: "Mid of May"!
Nearly
two years to put in a lift
....by a company that made $90 billion profit last year ...and wants to
raise fares E
Someone said "It's a government job. They have to get everything checked and papers signed by many different departments".
Maybe there's a piece of paper on someone's desk, waiting for one final signature? Maybe that person is on holidays? F