HKP and the Antiquities and Monuments Office jointly organised an exhibition entitled “A Journey through Hong Kong’s Postal History – A Glimpse of Hong Kong’s Postal History through the Old General Post Office Building (1911 - 1976)” at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre from April to August 2014. The exhibition chronicled the history of the local postal service and highlighted the architectural features of the magnificent historic old General Post Office Building. A special stamp sheetlet and a prestige stamp booklet were released to mark the occasion. Both the exhibition and the related commemorative souvenirs were well received by postal enthusiasts. The exhibition is subsequently taken to different locations across the territory from September 2014 to late 2015.
In support of World Post Day, HKP has designated 9 October as Love Post Day to promote letter-writing and spread the message of love and care in the community. On this special day, we invite everyone in Hong Kong to take part by sending a personal letter to a local recipient, free of charge. We ran this programme for the 11th year in 2014.
In support of World Post Day in 2015 and the Universal Postal Union’s 44th International Letter-Writing Competition, HKP and the Education Bureau co-organised a letter-writing competition for young people in Hong Kong on the theme of “Tell us about the world you want to grow up in” in November 2014.
HKP continues to be a Caring Organisation under the scheme run by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, in recognition of the effort made in caring for the community, our employees and the environment.
In April 2011, we embarked on a programme to install barrier-free access facilities in all our post offices to provide easy access to postal services for all our customers. The programme was completed in June 2014 as scheduled.
HKP participates in a number of programmes to prepare young people for the transition from an education environment to the workplace. In summer 2014, 21 students took part in HKP’s Post-Secondary Student Summer Internship Programme to acquire work experience in human resource management, accounting and marketing. We also hosted a Job Shadow Day for 14 secondary students in March 2015 under the Job Shadowing Programme organised by Junior Achievement Hong Kong.
Through participating in the Sunnyway Programme organised by Social Welfare Department, HKP provided job attachment and training opportunities to two young people with disabilities in 2014/15.
Staff of HKP and their family members organised and participated in the following activities of our PostCare Club during the year, showing their care for the less privileged in the community:
HKP provided venue support for a pop up store set up by Y Multi, a local social enterprise jointly run by ethnic minorities and local grassroots women under the YMCA, to sell handmade ethnic products and henna drawing service at the General Post Office in February 2015. The event provided an opportunity for the social enterprise to gain experience in business operation and for the public to access unique products and services at a convenient location.
In support of the “Lunar New Year Gift Transfer Programme 2015” under St. James’ Settlement’s People’s Food Bank initiative, HKP set up collection points at the General Post Office and Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office for the public to make food donations. There was also a collection point at the Central Mail Centre for staff donations. All food gifts collected were for distribution to under-privileged families in Hong Kong.
HKP participated in a variety of charitable activities organised by The Community Chest of Hong Kong, including the “Corporate and Employee Contribution Programme”, “Green Day”, “Love Teeth Day” and “Skip Lunch Day”, during the year. We also supported other charitable organisations such as the Children’s Heart Foundation, World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong, the Fu Hong Society and the Agency for Volunteer Service by publicising their activities to our workforce.
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