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發布日期 (HKT) 2024-09-04

Images show themed hotel room, not genuine MTR train compartment

 

Screenshot of the Facebook post.

 

The claim:

Two images shared August 30, 2024 claim to show bedding on seats in an MTR train compartment.

Fact-checking:

These images actually show an MTR train-themed hotel room in Jordan, Hong Kong, rather than a genuine MTR train compartment.

Our verdict:

The images don’t show a genuine MTR train compartment, but rather an MTR train-themed hotel room in Jordan, Hong Kong. Therefore, we rate the claim as FALSE.

News Brief

Two images shared August 30, 2024 claim to show bedding on seats in an MTR train compartment. The caption, written in traditional Chinese, translates as, “Some people seem to treat the MTR train as their home, how could others sit?”

The post had been shared 16 times, and had received two comments and 13 likes or reactions.

 

Fact-checking

A reverse image search discovered a booking page of an hourly hotel named “Holy Holies” on the hotel booking website Common Room. Decorations in one of the hotel’s rooms and those in the viral images are identical, including seats, handrails, wallpapers, and television.

 

Decorations in one of the hotel’s rooms and those in the viral images are identical.

An article published Aug 31, 2022 by Sing Tao Daily included the same photo. The article introduces the design of a hotel room in Jordan, Hong Kong. The Facebook page of Holy Holies reposted this article.

 

The Facebook page of Holy Holies hotel reposted the article published by Sing Tao Daily.

 

An image search of MTR train compartments does not generate any results matching the viral images.

 

Conclusion

The images don’t show a genuine MTR train compartment, but rather an MTR train-themed hotel room in Jordan, Hong Kong.

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