Hongkong Post
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| Trading fund | |
| Industry | Post, philately |
| Genre | Postal service |
| Founded | 1841 |
| Founder | Royal Mail |
| Headquarters |
Hongkong Post Headquarters, 2 Connaught Place, Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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Area served
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Hong Kong |
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Key people
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Jessie Ting Yip Yin-mei, Postmaster General and general manager of the Post Office Trading Fund |
| Products | mail delivery, philatelic products |
| Services | Postal services, Philatelic services |
| Revenue | HKD$5,176,000,000 (2013) |
| Owner | Government of Hong Kong |
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Number of employees
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over 7053 (2013) |
| Parent | Government of Hong Kong |
| Website | http://www.hongkongpost.com |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Xiānggǎng Yóuzhèng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Hoeng1 Gong2 Jau4 Zing3 |
Hongkong Post (Chinese: 香港郵政) is a department under the Government of Hong Kong responsible for postal services, though operated as a trading fund. Founded in 1841, it was known as Postal Department or Post Office (Chinese: 郵政署) before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. It is sub-member of the Universal Postal Union since 1877, and is a separate entity from China Post.
Merchants traded in Hong Kong on the two sides of Victoria Harbour as early as before the British possession in 1842. They complained about the absence of proper postal services and therefore the Postal Department was established.
The department was founded on 28 August 1841, but the first post office (known as 書信館 at that time), situated near the current site of St. John's Cathedral, opened on 12 November 1841. At first, its right to operation belonged to the Royal Mail, until its transfer to the Postmaster General on 1 May 1860.
On 8 December 1862, the Office issued the first set of Hong Kong postal stamps. Before this time, only British troops in Hong Kong could use British stamps, while other local residents did not have access to British stamps. Until the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, mail for British forces serving in the then-colony used the British Forces Post Office number, BFPO 1.
In 1989, the Office introduced automated mail sorting and machines were installed in the General Post Office.
There is no post code system in Hong Kong, although one has been under consideration since 2000.
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