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The People's Republic of China's national postal service, China Post, has allocated postal code 999077 to Hong Kong, although this is only sporadically used when sending mail from Mainland China. [2] As China Post does not serve Hong Kong, this code is generally not used in any other scenarios and remains little-known.
Hong Kong: HK: no codes The dummy postal code of Hong Kong is 999077. However, if you provide this dummy code where your address label will be electronically created, the system may change the destination country to "Hong Kong S.A.R, CHINA". The addition of "CHINA" can significantly delay delivery. Use an alternate dummy instead (e.g. 00000 ...
The range 000000–009999 was originally marked for Taiwan (The Republic of China) but is not used because it not under the control of the People's Republic of China. Mail to ROC is treated as international mail, and uses postal codes set forth by Chunghwa Post.
During the colonial era, Hong Kong produced postage stamps simply bearing the name Hong Kong, printed alongside the likenesses (in profile) of the reigning monarchs of the United Kingdom, or royal symbols (for example, "EIIR"). Since Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty to China in 1997, stamps issued have borne the name "Hong Kong, China ...
Wan Chai District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the second-highest educationally qualified residents with the highest-bracket incomes, the second-lowest population and the third-oldest ...
The Postal History of the British Colonies: Hong Kong, Volume 1: 1841–1958(1989) Proud, E.B. First supplement to the above (1994) Proud, E.B. The Postal History of the British Post Offices Abroad (Far East) (1991) Proud, E.B. The Postal History of Hong Kong (2004) Schoenfeld, H.Cancellations of Hong Kong, The First 100 Years, 1841–1941 (1989)
Note that Hong Kong does not use any postal codes, though many rural properties have a property identification code, e.g. HKT-12345. An address written in English should begin with the smallest unit and end with the largest unit, as in the following example for a domestic mail within Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong's 2011 Census the district population was 251,519, down four percent from 261,884 in the 2001 census, and with an average of 2.7 people for each of the 89,529 households. Among the 18 districts, Central and Western has the second highest median household income in the territory (behind only Wan Chai District ).