Sir Charles Wilfrid Newton (11 December 1928 – 28 November 2012) was managing director of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) in the 1980s and chairman of London Regional Transport in the 1990s.
[1][2] In March 1983, he left Turner & Newall to join the Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) as chairman and chief executive.
[4] The MTR was founded in 1975 as a government owned statutory corporation to build and operate a mass transit system for the then British colony.
In May 1985, Newton presided over the opening ceremony of the line at Tai Koo, with a plaque unveiled by Governor of Hong Kong Sir Edward Youde.
Experts from Hong Kong including MTR architect Roland Paoletti were recruited to progress the multibillion-pound project – which eventually opened in 1999.
[1] Newton subsequently planned a transformation of London Underground into a 'decently modern metro' over a period of 10 years, with upgrades to existing lines and strong service standards.