Agency Name: | Transport and Housing Bureau |
Nativename A: | 運輸及房屋局 |
Formed: | 2007 |
Preceding1: | Environment, Transport and Works Bureau |
Preceding2: | Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau |
Dissolved: | 30 June 2022 |
Superseding1: | Transport and Logistics Bureau |
Superseding2: | Housing Bureau |
Headquarters: | 22/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong |
Minister1 Name: | Frank Chan |
Minister1 Pfo: | Secretary for Transport and Housing |
Deputyminister1 Name: | Raymond So |
Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Under Secretary for Transport and Housing |
Chief1 Name: | Mable Chan |
Chief1 Position: | Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Transport) |
Chief2 Name: | Agnes Wong |
Chief2 Position: | Permanent Secretary for Transport and Housing (Housing)/Director of Housing |
Child1 Agency: | Transport Department |
Child2 Agency: | Housing Department / Housing Authority |
Child3 Agency: | Civil Aviation Department |
Child4 Agency: | Marine Department |
Child5 Agency: | Highways Department |
Website: | |www.thb.gov.hk/ |
T: | 運輸及房屋局 |
S: | 运输及房屋局 |
J: | Wan6 syu1 kap6 fong4 nguk1 guk6 |
Y: | Wahn syū kahp fòhng ngūk guhk |
P: | Yun4 shu1 ji2 fang2 wu1 ju2 |
The Transport and Housing Bureau (THB) was a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong between 2007 and 2022, responsible for a range of policies such as the internal and external transportation, including air transport, land transport, maritime transport, logistics and housing development in Hong Kong.[1] The bureau was headed by the Secretary for Transport and Housing (STH).
The bureau was formed on 1 July 2007 to take over the transport portfolios previously under the purview of the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau, and the public housing portfolios of the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau. On 1 July 2022, the THB was split up into the Transport and Logistics Bureau (TLB) and the Housing Bureau.
The bureau was divided into two branches, the Transport Branch and the Housing Branch. The following public entities are controlled by the bureau: [2]