Architectural Services Department

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Architectural Services Department
建築署
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Agency overview
Formed11 April 1986;38 years ago (1986-04-11)
Preceding
JurisdictionHong Kong
Headquarters Queensway Government Offices
MottoDriving Development, Preserving Heritage
Employees1,789 (March 2013) [1]
Agency executive
  • Mr. Tse Cheong Wo, Edward, Director of Architectural Services
Parent agency Development Bureau
Website www.archsd.gov.hk
  1. "About Us". Architectural Services Department. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. 1 2 Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 22.
  3. 1 2 Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 23.
  4. Roskam, Cole. "Central Government Offices". Docomomo International. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  5. Kirk-Greene, Anthony (2001). Glimpses of Empire: A Corona Anthology. London: I.B. Tauris and Co. p. 159.
  6. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 164.
  7. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 154–55.
  8. 1 2 ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 35.
  9. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 158.
  10. Growing with Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates : the First 90 Years. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2002. p. 154.
  11. "Queensway Government Office Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. 1 2 ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 100.
  13. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 105.
  14. "The Hong Kong Cultural Centre". J. Roger Preston Limited. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  15. 1 2 ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 109.
  16. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 102.
  17. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 103.
  18. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 111.
  19. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 69.
  20. ArchSD Review (99) 1999, pp. 139.
  21. "Central resource". building.hk. Building Journal. July 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  22. ArchSD Review (99) 1999, pp. 133–35.
  23. 1 2 "ArchSD Projects" (PDF). building.hk. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  24. 高層官員任命,新聞公報,2002年11月2日。
  25. 高層官員任命,新聞公報,2009年6月25日。
  26. 高層官員任命,新聞公報,2011年9月27日。
  27. 高層官員任命,新聞公報,2017年11月16日。
  28. 高層官員任命,新聞公報,2020年12月16日。
References
Architectural Services Department
Traditional Chinese 建築署
Simplified Chinese 建筑署
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Jiànzhùshǔ
Wade–Giles Chien4 Chu4 Shu3
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization Gin jūk chyúh
Jyutping Gin3 zuk1 cyu5

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