Highways Department

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Highways Department
Agency overview
路政署

Formed	1986
Headquarters	Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon
Employees	2 510 (Mar 2022)^[1]
Annual budget	HK$4,270 million (2022-23 FY)^[1]
Agency executive	Chan Pai Ming Jimmy, from 20 Dec 2018^[2], Director of Highways
Website	www.hyd.gov.hk

Highways Department

Chinese

路政署

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Lùzhèngshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Louh Jing Chyúh
Jyutping	lou⁶ 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

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

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)

References

^ ^a ^b "Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2023". 2022-23 Budget.
^ "Senior appointments". 19 Dec 2018.
^ Organization
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ho 2008, p. 215.
^ ^a ^b "Senior appointments". Information and news. Civil Service Bureau, Hong Kong Government. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
^ "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.

External links

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