Details
Date : 9 November 2023 (Thursday)
Time : 03:00pm - 4:30pm (Registration: 2:45pm, assembly location to be advised)
Venue : (i) New Hongkong Post Headquarters and (ii) Hongkong Post Central Mail Centre
Introduction
The newly constructed Hongkong Post Headquarters is an eight-storey building with a basement level. It serves as the new central complex after its relocation from Central. The building houses various facilities, including Headquarters offices, a Postal Gallery for historic display and public education, a bulk airmail centre, a training centre, a delivery office and other ancillary facilities such as meeting rooms and conference rooms. Along with the adjacent Central Mail Centre, which functions as a central mail processing centre for Hongkong Post, the new building forms a new central postal hub in Hong Kong.
Project Features:
The new Hongkong Post Headquarters adopts energy efficient features and renewable energy technologies including water-cooled chillers, LED light fittings, a solar hot water system and a photovoltaic system. To promote water conservation, a rainwater harvesting system for landscape irrigation has also been implemented.
In the Central Mail Centre, specialized mail processing systems have been introduced, which includes a Robotic System for automated sorting of small packets, and an Optical Character Recognition and Video Coding Integrated System (OVIS) for sorting the letters by reading the addresses on them.
Language:
Cantonese with English Terminology
CPD Certificate:
CPD attendance certificate will be distributed to the participants after the visit by email. The organizer reserves the right to disqualify and terminate those non-properly registered participants to attend the visit.
Registration & Enquiry:
The visit is free of charge and prior registration is required.For registration, please register via the enrolment website: https://forms.gle/gyJzxf7gqDvoJNB49
The maximum number of participants is 15. Registration will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis and priority will be given to members of HKIE-BSD. Successful members will be informed by confirmation emails not later than 4 November 2023.
For any enquiries, please contact Ms Esther Mak at 6236-0089 or email: hkiebsd.seminar@gmail.com.
The original flyer can be downloaded here.