Civil Engineering and Development Department

Civil Engineering and Development Department
Agency overview
土木工程拓展署

Headquarters	Civil Engineering and Development Building, 101 Princess Margaret Road, Kowloon
Agency executive	Mr. Daniel Chung Kum-wah, 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 duties are primarily the detailed planning and construction of infrastructure to be operated by other departments.

Organisation

The department is structured primarily geographically, in support of its on-the-ground operations, together with two support functions:^[1]

Hong Kong Island and Islands Development Office
Kowloon Development Office
New Territories East Development Office
New Territories North and West Development Office
Civil Engineering Office
Geotechnical Engineering Office
Headquarters

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 . The government have committed to landscape every existing slope upgraded under the Landslip Preventive Measures (LPM) Programme and every newly formed Government slope.

History

The department was formed in 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.^[2] The CEDD formerly came under the (former) Environment, Transport and Works Bureau.

References

↑ CEDD - Organisation
↑ "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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Development Bureau (Hong Kong)

Secretary for Development: Paul Chan

Subordinate departments

Planning and Lands Branch	Buildings Department Lands Department Land Registry Planning Department

Works Branch	Architectural Services Department Civil Engineering and Development Department Drainage Services Department Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Water Supplies Department

Predecessors

Planning and Lands Bureau
Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau
Planning, Environment and Lands Branch
Environment Branch
Works Bureau
Works Branch
Public Works Department

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