Public Works Department of Malaya

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architectural agency engineering agency government department public works department

The Public Works Department of Malaya was a colonial-era government engineering and architectural agency responsible for designing and constructing major public buildings and infrastructure across Malaya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Colonial Engineer’s Office of the Straits Settlements	1
Public Works Department of Malaya canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	architectural agency ⓘ engineering agency ⓘ government department ⓘ public works department ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Federated Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ Straits Settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfederated Malay States NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolvedAsResultOf	independence of Malaya ⓘ
employerOf	architects ⓘ engineers ⓘ surveyors ⓘ technical staff ⓘ
fieldOfWork	architecture ⓘ civil engineering ⓘ infrastructure development ⓘ public building construction ⓘ
followedBy	Public Works Department of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	colonial regulations of British Malaya ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Malay ⓘ
hasPurpose	development of colonial public infrastructure ⓘ support of government administration through building works ⓘ
hasSector	public sector ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Jabatan Kerja Raya Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kuala Lumpur NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	British Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInPeriod	British colonial era ⓘ
operatedUnder	British colonial administration ⓘ
partOf	colonial government of British Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	bridge construction in Malaya ⓘ construction of infrastructure in Malaya ⓘ construction of public buildings in Malaya ⓘ design of infrastructure in Malaya ⓘ design of public buildings in Malaya ⓘ maintenance of government buildings in Malaya ⓘ public works planning in Malaya ⓘ road construction in Malaya ⓘ water supply infrastructure in Malaya ⓘ
serviceArea	entire territory of British Malaya ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Resident and High Commissioner in Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial Governor of the Straits Settlements ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	civil service department ⓘ
usedLegalSystem	British colonial law ⓘ
usedMeasurementSystem	Imperial units ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malaysian Houses of Parliament → architect → Public Works Department of Malaya ⓘ

Government House, Singapore → architect → Public Works Department of Malaya ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Engineer’s Office of the Straits Settlements