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==Incidents== {{more citations needed|date=April 2014}} *In 2005, newspapers revealed the presence of [[pinhole camera]]s in Cheung Sha Wan Post Office, and this was perceived as a violation of people's privacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200506/18/06180266.htm|title=Pinhole cameras installed in Cheung Sha Wan Post Office|publisher=Government of Hong Kong|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> Hongkong Post explained that the cameras were necessary for facilitating police investigations into several suspected theft cases.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/720575/privacy-chiefs-spy-camera-run|title=Privacy chief's spy camera run-in|work=South China Morning Post|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> *In March 2007, two postal staff lost three bags of mail, destined for Wan Chai and the [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern District]], in the management offices of Hongkong Post buildings. Although Hongkong Post eventually found one of the lost bags, 400 letters were reportedly lost. *In December 2019, Hongkong Post made a notable announcement regarding a modification to one of its new stamp designs. The original design featured black-clad children and the Hongkong Post stated the changes were solely made for aesthetic reasons. But online commentators argued that this change was likely an attempt to avoid any resemblance between black-clad children with anti-government protesters at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stamping out protests? Hong Kong Post changes stamp featuring black-clad children {{!}} Coconuts |url=https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/stamping-out-protests-hong-kong-post-changes-stamp-featuring-black-clad-children/ |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=coconuts.co/ |language=en-US}}</ref> *As the demand for delivery services during the coronavirus pandemic surged since November 2020, scammers have cheated more than 100 Hongkongers out of HKD $2.2 million through phishing text messages and emails claiming to be from Hongkong Post.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-10 |title=Scammers steal HK$2.2 million with fake Hongkong Post messaging scheme |url=https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3124853/scammers-steal-hk22-million-fake-hongkong-post-messaging |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=Young Post}}</ref>
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