【明報專訊】THE GOVERNMENT and the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) have agreed on a new fare adjustment mechanism. While more controls have been imposed on fare increases, the MTRC, in which the government is the major shareholder and which enjoys all sorts of policy favour and business privilege, is apparently not switching its focus to its inherent role as a railway company that serves the public, and earning money remains its first priority. In fact, the new mechanism worked out by the government and the MTRC may, strictly speaking, be regarded as an attempt to fool the public.