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![[MTR]](../images/h/hk$mtr.gif)
image by Miles Li, 29 July 2019
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The logo has multiple meanings:
* It is a
stylized map of the original MTR subway system.
* It is a stylized initials
of MTR.
* It is a stylized Chinese word for 'wood' (木). Since MTR is made of
metal, and subway is surrounded by earth; and since the traditional Chinese
belief of Five Elements held that "earth generates metal", and "metal overcomes
wood, wood overcomes earth", the wood symbol was chosen to 'harmonize' earth and
metal.
Interestingly the two ends of its vertical stripe are very
slightly longer than the ends of its semi-rings.
Normally a rather dark
shade of red is used for the logo (on the MTR website it has the RGB value of
174:33:59), but bright red is used on the flags, the same shade as the Chinese
national flag.
Miles Li, 29 July 2019
![[MTR]](../images/h/hk_mtr.gif)
image by Miles Li, 29 July 2019
I drew this based on my childhood memory - the logo was definitely placed
towards the fly - and with reference to the livery of the first generation MTR
rolling stocks.
Miles Li, 29 July 2019