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Highway Bureau, MOTC
The Highway Bureau is committed to provincial highway engineering, highway transportation management and highway supervision, simplifying administration and facilitating the people. The business scope is divided into three categories: road engineering, road transportation and road supervision, providing convenient and safe services for the public.
About Us

Taiwan Provincial Expressway Bureau was formed on August 1, 1946 by restructuring the Motor Vehicle Office of Railway Administration Commission, Department of Transportation, The Office of Chief Administrative Officer. It took over the highway and transportation affairs, and was entrusted with the highway administration work by the Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MOTC

With the establishment of the Taiwan Provincial Government in May 1947, it was renamed the Taiwan Provincial Expressway Bureau, subordinate to the Department of Transportation. In 1949, the government set up the Maintenance and Engineering Department to oversee highway construction works of the whole Province. Since then, Expressway Bureau's duties have encompassed three major sectors, which are engineering, transportation and vehicle services.

Institutional Honor History

Established the Kaohsiung Office of Motor Vehicles

In 1952, the Bureau separated the vehicle services and the transportation administrations, and established the Kaohsiung Office of Motor Vehicles at the same time. The Office was renamed the Fifth Motor Vehicle Office, Expressway Bureau in 1966, instituting Inspection Section, Testing Section, Auditing Section and General Affairs Section, and four motor vehicle stations were set up at Pingtung, Taitung, Penghu and Cishan.

The Office was renamed the Kaohsiung Office of Motor Vehicles, Expressway Bureau in 1970, and the Pingtung Station and Hengchun Substation were founded in September 1981.

Restructured into several sections

In 1983, Kaohsiung Office of Motor Vehicles was restructured into the First Section, Second Section, Third Section and Fourth Section, and a Data Processing Office was added in 1985 responding to the technological advancement. The Data Processing Office became Information Management Section in May 1997. The Fifth Section was established in June the same year, while the Sixth Section was added in January 1999.

Became subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation

On July 1, 1999, the Office became subordinate to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications pursuant to the Provisional Organizational Charter of All Motor Vehicle Offices, Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications; as stipulated in Article 11 of the Provisional Organizational Charter of the Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MOTC; which was in turn stipulated in Paragraph 2, Article 5 of Provisional Statute for the Reorganization of Taiwan Provincial Government.To institutionalize the organizational structure of the Office, General Provisions for the Organization of All Motor Vehicle Offices, Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MOTC were set down, which passed the third reading in the Legislative Yuan, and were promulgated on January 21, 2002 by the President, then put into effect on January 30, 2002 under permission of the Executive Yuan per Letter Tai-Wen-Tzu No. 0910004320-A dated January 29, 2002.

Meanwhile, the Office was renamed the Kaohsiung  Motor Vehicles office, Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications, MOTC.The internal sections were also renamed the Vehicle Management Section, Driver's Licenses Section, Transportation Management Section, Planning and Vehicle Penalty Section, Motor Vehicle Information Section, Personnel Office, Civil Service Ethics Office, Accounting and Statistics Office and Secretariat.

Office Renaming and Reorganization

In response to the legislation announced by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, the name of the organization at the headquarters of the Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, has been changed from "Highway Bureau Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Ministry of Transportation and Communications" to "Highway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications." on September 15, 2023.

Consequently, the names of affiliated agencies have also been modified, and our office has been changed into "Kaohsiung Motor Vehicles Office, Highway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications".