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Highways Department
路政署
Agency overview
Formed1986
HeadquartersHo Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon
Employees2 510 (Mar 2022)[1]
Annual budgetHK$4,270 million (2022-23 FY)[1]
Agency executive
  • Chan Pai Ming Jimmy, from 20 Dec 2018[2], Director of Highways
Websitewww.hyd.gov.hk
Highways Department
Chinese路政署
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLùzhèngshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLouh Jing Chyúh
Jyutpinglou6 zing3 cyu5

Highways Department is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for developing Hong Kong's road and railway network as well as road maintenance.

History

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The department was previously an office within the former Civil Engineering Department and became an independent department on 1 June 1986 due to the increasingly complex road network in Hong Kong.[3]

In 2024, it launched street signs with a new font to "infuse a strong cultural atmosphere into the community's landscape" to support the government's Task Force on District Governance, with the new font drawing criticism.[4]

Directors

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  • Harold Campbell Beaton (1986–1989)[5]
  • Kwei See Kan (1989–1993)[5]
  • Kwong Hon Sang (1993–1996)[5]
  • Leung Kwok Sun (1996–2000)[5]
  • Lo Yiu Ching (2000–2002)[5]
  • Mak Chai Kwong (2002–2006)[5]
  • Wai Chi Sing (2006–2010)[6]
  • Peter Lau Ka Keung (2010–2016)[6]
  • Daniel Chung Kum-wah (2016–2018)[7]
  • Jimmy Chan Pai Ming (2018–present)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2023". 2022-23 Budget.
  2. ^ "Senior appointments". 19 Dec 2018.
  3. ^ Organization
  4. ^ Grundy, Tom (2024-02-05). "'No plans' to expand HK's 'beautified' street signs, amid complaints". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ho 2008, p. 215.
  6. ^ a b "Senior appointments". Information and news. Civil Service Bureau, Hong Kong Government. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Senior appointments (with photos)". Hong Kong Government. 8 August 2016.
Bibliography
  • Ho, Pui-yin (2008). Ways to Urbanisation: Post-War Road Development in Hong Kong. Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
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