Civil Engineering and Development Department

Civil Engineering and Development Department
Civil Engineering and Development Department
Chinese	土木工程拓展署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tǔmùgōngchéng Tuòzhǎnshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	tou2 muk6 gung1 cing4 tok3 zin2 cyu5

Civil Engineering and Development Department
土木工程拓展署
Agency overview
Formed	1 July 2004; 21 years ago
Headquarters	Civil Engineering and Development Building, 101 Princess Margaret Road, Kowloon
Agency executive	Mr. Lau Chun Kit, Director of Civil Engineering and Development;
Website	www.cedd.gov.hk

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, geotechnical services and environment and sustainability services.

Organisation

The department has a headquarters, 2 functional offices (the Civil Engineering Office and the Geotechnical Engineering Office) and 5 regional development offices (the Sustainable Lantau Office, the East Development Office, the South Development Office, the West Development Office and the North Development Office).

Divisions

Slope Safety

Hong Kong Slope Safety is a division within the CEDD that is responsible for Hong Kong's strategy on dealing with the safety of slopes, and making them look more natural [1]. The government have committed to landscape every existing slope upgraded under the Landslip Preventive Measures (LPM) Programme and every newly formed Government slope.

Mines and Quarries Division

History

The department was formed on 1 July 2004 through a merger of the Civil Engineering Department and the Territory Development Department (TDD). The TTD was, in turn, formed in 1986 through a merger of the New Territories Development Department and the Urban Area Development Office.^[1] The CEDD formerly came under the (former) Environment, Transport and Works Bureau.

References

^ "New Towns and New Major Urban Developments" (PDF). Hong Kong: The Facts. Information Services Department, Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

External links

Official website

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[1] "New Towns and New Major Urban Developments" (PDF). Hong Kong: The Facts. Information Services Department, Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

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