Highways Department Explained

Agency Name:	Highways Department
Nativename A:	路政署
Headquarters:	Ho Man Tin Government Offices, 88 Chung Hau Street, Ho Man Tin, Kowloon
Formed:	1986
Employees:	2 510 (Mar 2022)^[1]
Budget:	HK$4,270 million (2022-23 FY)
Chief1 Name:	Chan Pai Ming Jimmy, from 20 Dec 2018^[2]
Chief1 Position:	Director of Highways

Order:	jp
Showflag:	stp
C:	路政署
J:	lou^6 zing^3 cyu^5
Y:	Louh Jing Chyúh
P:	Lùzhèngshǔ

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 1June 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)
• Kwei See Kan (1989–1993)
• Kwong Hon Sang (1993–1996)
• Leung Kwok Sun (1996–2000)
• Lo Yiu Ching (2000–2002)
• Mak Chai Kwong (2002–2006)
• Wai Chi Sing (2006–2010)^[5]
• Peter Lau Ka Keung (2010–2016)^[5]
• Daniel Chung Kum-wah (2016–2018)^[6]
• Jimmy Chan Pai Ming (2018–present)

See also

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

References

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2023 . 2022-23 Budget.
2. News: Senior appointments . 19 Dec 2018.
3. http://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/about_us/organisation/index.html Organization
4. Web site: Grundy . Tom . 2024-02-05 . 'No plans' to expand HK's 'beautified' street signs, amid complaints . 2024-02-06 . Hong Kong Free Press HKFP . en-GB.
5. Web site: Senior appointments. Information and news. Civil Service Bureau, Hong Kong Government. 23 July 2014. 27 August 2010.
6. Web site: Senior appointments (with photos). Hong Kong Government. 8 August 2016.