Conveniently located near my home, Post Office here in HK are generally much smaller in size than…read moretheir counterparts in N. America, but I find that their service in general are always efficient and friendly! I have been to this branch throughout the years, to send out registered post, small parcels, local deliveries etc. I find the price to be very reasonable even thought they have increased the price recently. HK$2.00 for a small regular sized letter to be sent locally, that's US$0.25 or CDN$0.33!!

No surprise here: Hong Kong post offices are much more pleasant to deal with than the U.S. Postal…read moreService! And guess what? Everyone who works at the Happy Valley outpost is actually... happy. There's not much to them - you won't find as many packing supplies, etc - but the staffers are super friendly (are you reading, American friends?), helpful, and extremely efficient. So far, I haven't waited more than 60 seconds in the queue. Mailing local correspondence is also quite inexpensive in Hong Kong - it comes to less than half the price that it costs in the States. The price of mailing my rent check (an envelope weighing less than 30 grams) costs $1.70 HKD (or $0.22 USD). Sweet!

The post office is like a souvenir store, where you can send a postcard to friends, family or…read moreyourself here. The stamp costs about HKD 5 for international postage, and the four types of postcard each costs about HKD 3.

Anyone who knows me for like a minute will figure out that I love mail. Hate the junk,…read moresolicitations and bills, but I love the hand written note and card. I am old school that way and believe in putting pen to paper with the written word. I was happy to find a post office in my hood when we recently moved to Sheung Wan. As an English speaking person, I was happy to find all individuals who are working at the post office speak English. They are quite nice really....dealing with those often long lines of people all day, I am glad they all seem quite nice. Avoid the long lines and absolutely do not go around the end or the beginning of the month, where it seems like every 8 out of 10 people in line are there to pay a bill. Horribly convenient if you want to pay a bill (versus on-line I suppose), but horribly inconvenient if like me that you are sending snail mails like birthday cards and postcards back to the US. There are moments when I am here and feel like this is really a bill paying facility that happens to do postage. There is an "express" line if you have 3 bills or less and it is hit or miss if that lane is busy. I also find the post office is the only place that I can spend the abundance of small coinage like 5, 10, 50 cent pieces where they do not look at me in horror when I whip out my change purse. Good way to get rid of the small change we accumulate all too often in Hong Kong.

I visited this location several times during December so I could send my extra AF Christmas cards…read moreall around the world. The lines were daunting at times during lunch, but because this office is bigger with more counters open, the line moved fast. At most, I waited about 15 minutes to get to the counter. Your other option in Central is to go to the Wyndham street post office, but I still prefer this Sheung Wan location for the multiple counters and faster service.

This location is the HQ for Hong Kong's General Post Office 郵政總局. The queue moves very quick and…read moreis, of course, full service efficient. There is an abundant number of civil servants whisking as the work each window servicing customers, ergo the queue move quickly. There are p.o. boxes for rental available. Shipping materials as boxes are also available. On the lower level is the philatelic shop where visitors can purchase stamps and stamp yearbooks. The philatelic shop is extensive from exquisite, elaborate stamps for collection to the simplest stamps for usage. One word: wow. As philatelist I am enamored and stunned with the extensive selection and elaborate beauty. The staff in the philatelic shop are very professional, and exhibit good customer service and is proficient in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.

It does the most basic jobs in the most basic way…read more You can't really compare Post Office with FedEx or DHL, and for government-owned post office, the one in HK is probably some of the best. In this General Office you can find the most, if not all, services provided by HK Post. As common as posting your Christmas cards, or as obscure as Postal Boxes, this is truly the heart of post service in HK. And indeed, it is located in one of the prime spots in Central, which if it's not the government, the office probably would have located elsewhere. Now why the 3 stars? Because the post offices, General Office included, is the only thing doesn't change in the last two decades. While you can practically use Octopus to pay for anything in town, nope, you have to queue up for stamps, either you'd like to have one or 10 dozens. They do have a machine that accepts coins - who have coins with them in the pocket these days?? So yeah, until they have the following, General Office will stay 3 stars: some electronic scales that calculate stamp fee automagically, a vending machine for stamps (options of 1s or 10s, and in different values maybe?), and a vending machine for envelopes and small standard mailboxes in different sizes. None of these would cost the government any serious money, but none of these would happen any time soon, 'cause otherwise where would we place the abundant number of civil servants?

It was my first time mailing something in Hong Kong, so I was so confused. Not to mention, Google…read moreMaps was unhelpful as always. I had such a hard time finding this place, but it's literally on the 10th floor of the shopping center, Windsor House. I waited on line to buy a stamp, but it wasn't a sticker stamp, so I asked them how to stick it on, and they looked at me like I was stupid LOL. But anyhow, they guided me and let me know I can just drop my postcard in the mailboxes outside. Very clean and spacious post office.

Long lines around lunch time are a pain. At least the staff are friendly and helpful when you do…read moreindeed finally get to the counter. If you haven't been here before, it's a bit hard to find in Windsor. Just follow signs for any elevator that goes to floor 10 and then you'll see it once you leave the elevator hallway. Useful info: there's a stamp machine set into the wall by the slots for outgoing mail, so use that instead of standing in the line if you can.

Easy access within walking distance from where I was staying. Would recommend if you're staying the…read morearea and need to mail items.

Getting through Hong Kong immigration is extremely fast and efficient for Hog King residents and…read morecitizens. A simple use of your is card and a scan of your thumb and you are through immigration. All flights out of Hong Kong are essentially international. I can get through check in to my gate typically in less than 30 minutes.

Coming from the US, specifically Hawaii, government offices are not typically known to be very…read morehelpful or friendly. Surprisingly, this is definitely not the case at this Hong Kong government office. A friend had to move a dog from Hong Kong back to the US and needed proper paperwork. The person in front of us was also doing the same thing. The government worker was able to communicate clearly in English and in Cantonese and was extremely helpful and personable and getting the proper paperwork and documentation needed to process the application. It turned out we were missing one document and the veterinarian just needed to fax it over. We followed up in about an hour to make sure the fax was received and it was. Everything was fast and easy. I was really pleasantly surprised! I only complaint was the condition of the waiting sofas. They were pretty filthy. Otherwise there was hand sanitizer and even a bottled water cooler available for drinking water.