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{{short description|Government department of Hong Kong}} {{for|the newspaper|Hong Kong Post (newspaper)}} {{EngvarB|date=April 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox company | name = Hongkong Post | logo = Hongkong Post Logo.svg | logo_size = 240px | type = [[Trading fund]] | genre = [[Mail|Postal service]] | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1841}} | founder = [[Royal Mail]] | location_city = Hong Kong | location_country = | location = [[General Post Office, Hong Kong|Hongkong Post Headquarters]],<br />2 [[Connaught Place, Hong Kong|Connaught Place]] [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hongkongpost.hk/en/contact_us/index.html|title=Hongkong Post – Contact Us|publisher=hongkongpost.com}}</ref><!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" --><!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" --> | origins = | key_people = Leonia Tai, Postmaster General and General Manager of the Post Office Trading Fund | area_served = Hong Kong | industry = [[Mail|Post]], [[philately]] | products = Mail delivery, philatelic products | services = [[Postal services]], philatelic services | revenue = HKD$4,784,000,000 (2021/22) | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 5,951 (2022) | parent = Government of Hong Kong | divisions = | subsid = | owner = [[Government of Hong Kong]] | homepage = {{URL|https://hongkongpost.hk}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }} {{Infobox Chinese | t = {{linktext|香|港|郵|政}} | s = {{linktext|香|港|邮|政}} | j = Hoeng<sup>1</sup> Gong<sup>2</sup> Jau<sup>4</sup> Zing<sup>3</sup> | y = Hēung góng yàuh jing | p = Xiānggǎng Yóuzhèng | altname = Post Office | t2 = 郵政署 | s2 = 邮政署 | j2 = jau4 zing3 cyu5 | p2 = Yóuzhèngshǔ }} {{Politics of Hong Kong}} '''Hongkong Post''' is a [[Government of Hong Kong|government department 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''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hongkongpost.hk/en/about_us/corp_info/history/index.html|title=Hongkong Post – History|website=hongkongpost.hk|access-date=12 March 2017}}</ref> ({{zh|郵政署}}) before the [[handover of Hong Kong]] in 1997. It has been a sub-member of the [[Universal Postal Union]] since 1877, and is a separate entity from [[China Post]].
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