Secretary for the Civil Service Clement Cheung visited the Transport Department today to meet Commissioner for Transport Ingrid Yeung and learn more about its work.
Mr Cheung toured the department's Hong Kong Licensing Office in Admiralty where he learned about how vehicle licences are issued, renewed and revoked.
He then went to the 24-hour Emergency Transport Co-ordination Centre in Wan Chai to see how it deals with contingencies.
The centre works closely with other Government departments and public transport operators during serious traffic incidents, devising contingency plans to manage traffic.
The centre tackled over 5,000 traffic incidents every year.