Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

{{Short description|Hong Kong government department}}

{{Use Hong Kong English|date=July 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Electrical and Mechanical Services Department

| native_name_a = 機電工程署

| type = Department

| logo = File:Electrical_and_Mechanical_Services_Department_logo.png

| logo_width = 150px

| logo_caption =

| formed = {{Start date and age|1948}} {{Smaller|(as Electrical and Mechanical Office)}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.emsd.gov.hk/en/electricity_safety/information_for_the_electrical_trade/electricity_news/12th_issue_april_2008/index.html|title=12th Issue (April 2008) (533)|website=www.emsd.gov.hk|language=en-us|access-date=2018-03-26}}
{{Start date and age|1982}} {{Smaller|(as Electrical and Mechanical Services Department)}}

| preceding1 = Electrical Office [http://www.emsdaa.org/document/GroupVoice/newsletter1_09.pdf]

| preceding2 = Mechanical Office [http://www.emsdaa.org/document/GroupVoice/newsletter1_09.pdf]

| preceding3 = Transport Office [http://www.emsdaa.org/document/GroupVoice/newsletter1_09.pdf]

| dissolved =

| superseding1 =

| superseding2 =

| jurisdiction = Hong Kong

| headquarters = 3 Kai Shing Street, Kowloon Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong

| coordinates = {{coord|22.326387|114.203949|display=inline,title}}

| employees = 5,566 (March 2019) [https://www.emsd.gov.hk/minisites/EMSDar/1819ar/document/EMSD_whole.pdf]

| budget = HK$1,518.4m (2020-2021) [https://www.budget.gov.hk/2020/eng/pdf/head042.pdf]

| minister1_name = Michael Wong Wai-lun

| minister1_pfo = Secretary for Development

| deputyminister1_name = Liu Chun-san

| deputyminister1_pfo = Under Secretary for Development

| chief1_name = Eric Pang Yiu-hung

| chief1_position = Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services

| parent_department = Development Bureau

| parent_agency =

| child1_agency =

| child2_agency =

| website = {{URL|https://www.emsd.gov.hk}}

| footnotes =

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{{Infobox Chinese

|image=Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Headquarters 201406.jpg

|caption=Head office

|order=ts

|t=機電工程署

|s=机电工程署

|j=gei1 din6 gung1 cing4 cyu5

|p=Jīdiàn Gōngchéng Shǔ

}}

{{Politics of Hong Kong}}

The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD; {{zh|t=機電工程署}}) is a Hong Kong government department responsible for inspection and enforcement of operation and safety of many electricity and gas installations; railways and trams; lifts and escalators; amusement rides; working platforms on building sites, and many other diverse areas. The department has two main branches: Regulatory Services and Trading Services. The department falls under the purview of the Development Bureau. The incumbent Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services is Pang Yiu-hung. The two deputy directors are H. C. Lai and T. H. Tai.