But all those potential bonanzas could be derailed if Mass Transit Railway stock goes off track.

CNN: Hong Kong Packs the Train

July was in fact a postponement from April -- and the later date did matter to the Mass Transit Railway.

CNN: A Date with Disaster

As such, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) added platform safety doors to all of its 84 stations, finishing the multi-year construction project in 2011.

BBC: Subway systems by the numbers

Granted, it is reasonable enough that most urban transport systems are subsidised, with subsidies ranging from nothing on Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway to around two-fifths of revenues in Madrid.

ECONOMIST: The end of the tunnel

Construction of a mass rapid-transit railway is due to start in 2011, but with the number of passengers expected to reach just 400, 000 a day by 2020 it will hardly ease the congestion.

ECONOMIST: Why business in Indonesia has yet to take off