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CTT (Macau)

Coordinates: 22°11′35.9″N 113°32′24.7″E / 22.193306°N 113.540194°E / 22.193306; 113.540194
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Macao Post
澳門郵政
Correios de Macau
Company typePublic agency
IndustryPost, Philately
Founded1884
FounderCTT
HeadquartersEdifício-Sede dos Correios de Macau,
Largo do Senado,
Macau Peninsula,
Macau,
China
22°11′35.9″N 113°32′24.7″E / 22.193306°N 113.540194°E / 22.193306; 113.540194
Area served
Macau
Key people
Derby Lau Wai-Meng (Director)
ServicesPostal services, Philatelic services
OwnerGovernment of Macao
Websitewww.macaupost.gov.mo
Correios de Macau
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningMacao Post
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinÀomén Yóuzhèng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingOu3 Mun4 Jau4 Zing3

Macao Post (Template:Lang-pt, Chinese: 澳門郵政), formerly CTT Correios de Macau or CTT, is a department under the Government of Macao responsible for postal services.

The acronym CTT comes from the former name of Portuguese postal administration (Template:Lang-pt, meaning "Post, Telegraph and Telephone") during the colonial period of Macao.

Postal history

The Macao Post was founded on 1 March 1884 as a separate entity from China Post and a sub-member of the Universal Postal Union.[1] Prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Portugal to China in 1999, the Macao postage stamps bore the Portuguese words [REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (i.e. the 'Portuguese Republic'), but now bear the Portuguese words [MACAU, CHINA] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (i.e. the 'Macao, China').

Organization

The Postal service is headed by a Director with two sub-directors. There are three Department Chief responsible for:

  • Postal Operations
  • Postal Savings
  • Commercial

Services

  • Postal Services (1884-now)
  • Postal Savings (1917-now)
  • Operator of Telecommunication Services (1927-1981)
  • Regulator of Telecommunication Services and Radio Spectrum Management (1982-2000)
  • Radio Broadcasting Services (1933-1973)
  • Supervision of the Electric Industries Services (1928-1985)
  • eSignTrust - Digital Certificate Services (2006-now)
  • Communications Museum (2006-now)
  • Secure Electronic Postal Services (SEPS) (2008-now)

Postal Stations

Postal Stations are referred to as Branch with 15 spread across Macao:

  • Central
  • Rua do Campo
  • Red Market (Almirante Lacerda)
  • Mong Ha
  • Hac Sa Wan (Areia Preta)
  • Cultural Centre
  • Terminal Tradic
  • Loja do Museu
  • Airport
  • Nova Taipa
  • Ocean Garden
  • Carmo (The former Taipa Post Office)
  • Coloane
  • Seac Pai Van

Post boxes

CTT post boxes are red in colour as was the case in Hong Kong before 1997. The boxes bear CTT's name in Portuguese and Chinese.

See also

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Macaupost.gov.mo. Retrieved 29 December 2014.