A visit to the General Post Office in Central rekindled interest in the lost art of letter writing for a group of primary school students.
Thirty eight Primary Four to Six students from Pui Tak Canossian Primary School got a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into how the post office works.
Students were given a tour around the huge office and were shown the various machines used for sorting letters and parcels by Bobby Chan Chi-man, induction officer of Hongkong Post.
With digital correspondence replacing pen and paper as the most common form of communication, Mr Chan said that it was a pity that people had lost interest in writing letters in the e-mail age.
He hoped that the visit to the post office would encourage young people to begin writing letters and using its services.
Witnessing the meticulous work of post office workers sorting through tonnes of letters and packages, Primary Six student Lee Hoi-yin said the visit reminded her of the warm feeling of writing a letter to her loved ones.
