Highways Department is a department of the
Hong Kong Government
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the executive authorities of Hong Kong SAR. It was formed on 1 July 1997 in accordance with the Sino- ...
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 1June 1986 due to the increasingly complex road network in Hong Kong.
Directors
* Harold Campbell Beaton (1986–1989)
* Kwei See Kan (1989–1993)
*
Kwong Hon Sang
Ir Kwong Hon-sang, GBS, JP (; 7 August 1938 – 14 February 2019) was a Hong Kong government official. He was the Secretary for Works from 1995 to 1999.
Kwong was born in 1938 and was educated at the Wah Yan College, Kowloon. He obtained a Ba ...
(1993–1996)
* Leung Kwok Sun (1996–2000)
* Lo Yiu Ching (2000–2002)
* Mak Chai Kwong (2002–2006)
* Wai Chi Sing (2006–2010)
* Peter Lau Ka Keung (2010–2016)
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* Daniel Chung Kum-wah (2016–2018)]
See also
*Civil Engineering and Development Department
The Civil Engineering and Development Department (CEDD) is a department of the Hong Kong government that reports to the Development Bureau. Its major services include provision of land and infrastructure, port and marine services, geotechni ...
*Transport Department
The Transport Department of the Government of Hong Kong is a department of the civil service responsible for transportation-related policy in Hong Kong. The department is under the Transport and Logistics Bureau.
The Transport Department was cre ...
*Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System
The Hong Kong Strategic Route and Exit Number System () is a system adopted by the Transport Department of the Hong Kong Government to organise the major roads in the territory into routes 1 to 10 for the convenience of drivers. When the system w ...
References
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External links
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Hong Kong government departments and agencies
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