Does cash-strapped Hongkong Post need to deliver profits or just public services?
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Thu, 20 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post01:00first to report
On a recent weekday morning, the Repulse Bay post office, in one of Hong Kong’s most affluent coastal neighbourhoods, stood almost empty. In an hour, only five customers walked through the door, with two staff members serving them. One of them was Dicky Lo, who had sent a parcel to Europe, citing the service’s reasonable price compared with private couriers. “I come here two to three times a month, mostly to collect online shopping packages,” the 43-year-old freelancer said. “Not many...
Sun, 23 August 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post21:30
Two years after the Audit Commission called out Hongkong Post for its lack of profitability and other failings, the postmaster finally moved to fix a structural expense: staff costs. But the audit report probably wasn’t the main catalyst for change. Rather, it was the fact the government had to ask the Legislative Council for a HK$4.6 billion (US$510 million) bailout to keep Hongkong Post operating for the next three years that forced the postmaster to act. The crisis facing the city’s postal...
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post01:30
The great debate about what to do with Hongkong Post has begun. There will be many twists and turns before we know the final outcome, but one thing is clear: it is vital to keep the staff on board at every step. We ultimately want to have an organisation of committed professionals running a world-class outfit. Early indications are that there could be problems. We are here because of a sharp deterioration in the post office’s financial position starting in 2017-18. A loss of more than HK$100...