Editing Hongkong Post (section)

=== Controversy ===
This department of government said in March 2015 that it was considering covering up the regal insignia on these post boxes, on grounds that it was "not desirable to have postboxes that show various royal cyphers from different British reigns" and to "avoid confusion". Controversy ignited in September upon confirmation that royal cyphers would be covered up by fixing metal plates on all but seven of the historical post boxes. The decision was decried by the [[Conservancy Association]], the Mailboxes Searching Team, and activists opposed to the push of pro-Beijing politicians to "de-colonialise" Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20151005-hongkong-post-may-cover-up-british-insignia-on-old-mailboxes/|title=Hongkong Post may cover up British insignia on old mailboxes|work=EJ Insight}}</ref><ref name=20151012hkfp>{{cite web|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/10/12/commerce-and-economic-dev-bureau-ordered-post-office-to-cover-royal-cyphers-in-march-lawmaker-says/|title=Commerce and Economic Dev. Bureau ordered Post Office to cover royal cyphers in March, lawmaker says|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=12 October 2015 }}</ref> According to legislator Claudia Mo of the Civic Party, senior HK Post officials she talked with affirmed that the order to obscure regal insignia on the 59 colonial post boxes came from the [[Commerce and Economic Development Bureau]] (CEDB), which Mo said pointed to a political and not administrative decision.<ref name=20151012hkfp/>