Thursday, July 12, 2007

MTR Seeks $1.3 Billion of Loans to Fund Hong Kong Rail Merger, People Say

(Bloomberg) -- MTR Corp., Hong Kong's subway
operator, plans to borrow HK$10 billion ($1.3 billion) to take
over the city's other rail company, said two people with direct
knowledge of the deal.

MTR, 76 percent owned by the government, is seeking a loan
for three to five years after its merger plan with Kowloon-Canton
Railway Corp. won approval from lawmakers last month, said the
people, who declined to be named because the information isn't
public.


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