Postal Organisations

17 Jul 2012

The supply chain arm of Deutsche Post DHL will invest more in warehouse facilities in Greater China, including Shenzhen's Qianhai Bay economic zone.

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Slow start for junk mail fight

8 Nov 2010

A Hongkong Post service to help combat junk mail has got off to a slow start, with less than 1 per cent of homes and businesses signing up.

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Finding the secrets of 'Letter Utopia'

19 Oct 2010

On World Post Day on October 9, the Hongkong Post held a Free Post Day for everyone to send a letter for free. Seven junior reporters took an exclusive tour at the General Post Office, where they...

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Letters of thanks for the postmen who deliver

4 Oct 2010

Electronic communications may have taken its toll on the industry Simon Choy Cheuk-man is in, but the senior postman is still passionate about his job - so passionate that he has postponed a plan...

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Sticker will help post stay true to its origins

28 Aug 2010

With the dawn of electronic communication, the importance of the postal service as a fast method of reaching out to business partners or loved ones diminished. First the fax machine, and now e-...

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One way to stop some of that junk mail

25 Aug 2010

If you can't stand junk mail any more, you will soon be able to tell Hongkong Post where to stick it.

Starting from September 1, residents will be able to exclude certain unaddressed...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

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Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

Updated 4:40AM

Another long catalogue of waste - Post offices

The Director of Audit has called for the closure of some post offices after it found 97 of the 125 post offices are making a loss.

6:41AM

Destroyed letters found among mail recovered after robbery

More than 20 letters among the 1,200 items stolen in Monday's mail robbery have been found opened and torn to pieces, Hongkong Post said yesterday.

6:11PM

Postmen lose mailbags to robbers using mystery spray

Two postmen in Kwun Tong were robbed of their mailbags after an unknown substance was sprayed in their faces, in the first crime of its kind in the city.

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Contract postal staff may strike over call to work Boxing Day

Contract postal staff are considering staging a strike during the Christmas holidays, after Hongkong Post requested that staff at the Air Mail Centre work on Boxing Day to clear accumulated...

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Christmas mail taking longer to get through

There is not much time left to send Christmas gifts overseas, especially as a lack of cargo space means it will probably take longer to get air mail delivered this year.

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Stepped-up security checks to delay mail over next two weeks

If you are planning to send parcels to and from the mainland in the next two weeks, expect delays - and do not bother with the wrapping. China Post said mailing services would be subject to...

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