Highways Department

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Highways Department
路政署
Highways Department hong kong logo.png
Agency overview
Formed 1986
Headquarters Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon
Agency executive
  • LAU Ka Keung, JP, Director of Highways
Website http://www.hyd.gov.hk/welcome/index.php
Highways Department
Traditional Chinese 路政署

Highways Department (Chinese: 路政署) is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for developing Hong Kong's road and railway network as well as road maintenance.

History

The department is under the Civil Engineering Department[1] and became an independent department on 1 June 1986 due to the increasingly complex road network in Hong Kong.[2]

Directors

  • Harold Campbell Beaton (1986–1989)[3]
  • Kwei See Kan (1989–1993)[3]
  • Kwong Hon Sang (1993–1996)[3]
  • Leung Kwok Sun (1996–2000)[3]
  • Lo Yiu Ching (2000–2002)[3]
  • Mak Chai Kwong (2002–2006)[3]
  • Wai Chi Sing (2006–2010)[4]
  • Peter Lau Ka Keung (2010–present)[4]

See also

References

  1. A former department of Civil Engineering and Development Department
  2. Organization
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ho 2008, p. 215.
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Bibliography
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