【明報專訊】DESPITE a hefty profit of $14.7 billion last year, the MTR Corporation is set on a 5.4 percent fare increase based on the fare adjustment mechanism. The increase, expected to generate for the Corporation an additional profit of more than $600 million, has sparked widespread public outrage, and the transport panel of the Legislative Council has passed a non-binding resolution urging the MTR Corporation to suspend the proposed increase in view of its huge profits.