Highways Department

Highways Department

路政署
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 (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

• Civil Engineering and Development Department
• Transport Department
• Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System

References

Bibliography

• Ho, Pui-yin (2008). Ways to Urbanisation: Post-War Road Development in Hong Kong. Aberdeen, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 

External links

• Official website

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