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Question No. 11

Reply by Mr G.A. Higginson, Secretary for Economic Services, to a question by the Hon CHAN Ying-lun in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, 29 May 1985

Question :

Reply :

Can Government make a statement regarding postal delivery services of ordinary mail and parcels, and the delivery of registered items to domestic premises and squatter areas?

Sir,

It is the policy of the Post Office to deliver

letter mail to the door at all identifiable addresses.

Where there is no identifiable address, for example in

areas where buildings are not numbered or are in unnamed

streets, a delivery service is provided to a communal

letter box or nest of letter boxes installed at a location

agreed by all residents in the area.

2.

As regards registered items, these are delivered to the addressee in person. If the addressee is out when

his registered letter arrives, a second attempt at

delivery is made a few days later. Only if this attempt

is also unsuccessful is the item returned to the local

post office, where it may still be picked up by the addressee within 14 days. In areas which do not enjoy a

door-to-door service, a card is left in the communal

letter box or nest of letter boxes, informing the

addressee that a registered item is awaiting collection.

3.

Parcels to be delivered in the urban area, apart

from the Central business district, are treated in the same way as registered items, with the difference that

only one attempt at delivery is made, after which the

parcel may be picked up within seven days. In the New

Territories, where Post Office manpower is limited,

addressees are advised by card that a parcel is awaiting

collection.