Highways Department
{{Short description|Department of the Hong Kong Government}}
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| nativename_a = 路政署
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| headquarters = Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon
| formed = 1986
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| employees = 2 510 (Mar 2022){{cite web |title=Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2023 |url=https://www.budget.gov.hk/2022/eng/estimates.html |website=2022-23 Budget}}
| budget = HK$4,270 million (2022-23 FY)
| chief1_name = Chan Pai Ming Jimmy, from 20 Dec 2018{{cite news |title=Senior appointments |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201812/19/P2018121900314.htm |date=19 Dec 2018}}
| chief1_position = Director of Highways
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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{{nbsp}}June 1986 due to the increasingly complex road network in Hong Kong.[https://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/about_us/organisation/index.html Organization]
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.{{Cite web |last=Grundy |first=Tom |date=2024-02-05 |title='No plans' to expand HK's 'beautified' street signs, amid complaints |url=http://hongkongfp.com/2024/02/05/new-beautified-street-signs-criticised-as-ugly-and-pointless-no-plans-to-expand-them-says-govt/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}
Directors
- Harold Campbell Beaton (1986–1989){{sfn|Ho|2008|p=215}}
- Kwei See Kan (1989–1993){{sfn|Ho|2008|p=215}}
- Kwong Hon Sang (1993–1996){{sfn|Ho|2008|p=215}}
- Leung Kwok Sun (1996–2000){{sfn|Ho|2008|p=215}}
- Lo Yiu Ching (2000–2002){{sfn|Ho|2008|p=215}}
- Mak Chai Kwong (2002–2006){{sfn|Ho|2008|p=215}}
- Wai Chi Sing (2006–2010){{cite web|title=Senior appointments|url=https://www.csb.gov.hk/english/info/2082.html|website=Information and news|publisher=Civil Service Bureau, Hong Kong Government|access-date=23 July 2014|date=27 August 2010}}
- Peter Lau Ka Keung (2010–2016)
- Daniel Chung Kum-wah (2016–2018){{cite web|title=Senior appointments (with photos)|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201608/08/P2016080800278.htm|publisher=Hong Kong Government|date=8 August 2016}}
- Jimmy Chan Pai Ming (2018–present)
See also
References
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;Bibliography
- {{cite book|last=Ho|first=Pui-yin|title=Ways to Urbanisation: Post-War Road Development in Hong Kong|year=2008|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=Aberdeen, Hong Kong}}
External links
- {{Official|https://www.hyd.gov.hk/welcome/index.php}}
{{Government of Hong Kong}}
{{Transport and Housing Bureau (Hong Kong)}}
{{Transport in Hong Kong}}
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Category:Hong Kong government departments and agencies
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