CBE
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(1873 – 31 October 1950) was a British engineer and colonial administrator. He was the Director of Public Works of Hong Kong from 1923 to 1932.
Creasy was born in Ceylon in 1873. He studied at
Bedford School
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Farnham
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1895. He was the Member of the
Institution of Civil Engineers
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and Associate Member of the
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
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.
In 1898, he joined the Public Works Department of Ceylon as district engineer and was appointed provincial engineer in 1900 and deputy director in 1917. He was subsequently occupied the director for a period and was a member of the
Legislative Council of Ceylon
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. He was also the president of the Engineering Association of Ceylon. In the
First World War
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, Creasy was a captain in the
Royal Engineers
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. From 1923 to 1932 he was the Director of Public Works of Hong Kong. He was also member of the
Executive
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Sham Shui Po Police Station
Sham Shui Po Police Station is situated at the junction of Lai Chi Kok Road and Yen Chow Street, Sham Shui Po, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built in 1924 with three storeys. It is graded as Grade III historic building. Creasy Road,
Jardine's Lookout
Jardine's Lookout () is a mountain in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong with a height of . It is located east of Happy Valley, south of Causeway Bay, and west of Braemar Hill and north of Tai Tam Country Park.
A low-density, high-end residenti ...
on
Hong Kong Island
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