Annual Report

Corporate Overview

With 167 years of history, Hongkong Post has a close and longstanding relationship with the community and has grown with Hong Kong's booming economy. During the territory's continuous evolution, Hongkong Post has remained an integral part of contemporary life in Hong Kong. Along with a rich and proud heritage, we have developed and maintained an extensive network of local retail and distribution facilities and forged strong relationships with other postal administrations worldwide to provide the community with a reliable, efficient and affordable postal service.

In August 1995, Hongkong Post began operating as a Trading Fund. Apart from fulfilling our obligation to provide a universal postal service to members of the public, we also play a dual role as a government department and as a business entity. In order to cope with the keen competition that exists, we have striven to continually improve our service levels in terms of both quality and product range.

Hongkong Post handled nearly four million mail items every day in 2007/08, and plays an important role in facilitating trading and commercial activities in Hong Kong.

Significant progress has been made in order to benefit from the Mainland's robust economic expansion by implementing a number of new initiatives in conjunction with the China Post Group. In positioning Hong Kong as a gateway to Mainland China, these initiatives focus on enhancing cross-border direct mail and Speedpost services, and on providing a one-stop logistics solution in Greater China.

Hongkong Post continues to support local enterprises in sending their postal items to our counterparts overseas. More than 20% growth was recorded in outbound registered air mail and parcels during the year.

Looking ahead, despite the vast range of communication technologies available, Hongkong Post believes that the traditional postal service will stand the test of time. We will continue to focus on ways of achieving business growth and diversification. We are planning to open another e-Post Centre to capitalise on outsourcing opportunities; expand and enhance our logistics services; and strengthen our role as an Asia Pacific mail transit hub while adding more value-added services for international mail.

Ordinary Mail
Local CourierPost
Speedpost
Hongkong Post
Circular Service
Direct Mail

Warehousing
Inventory management
Payment collection
Delivery

PayThruPost
Trade Declaration
Service
Postal Remittance
Service
Postshop products

Local Standing Order
Service
Overseas Mail Order
Service

e-Post
ShopThruPost
e-Cert

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