General Post Office, Hong Kong

The GPO has been moved three times after several reclamations as it was essential to locate the office near the shore for receiving letters from ocean liners.

Past locations of the GPO were: In 1846 premises which had belonged to Dent & Co. were transformed into Government Treasury (庫務署), Supreme Court and General Post Office.

[1] Reclamations had taken place in the meantime in the late 1890s, and the first General Post Office was relocated in 1911 into new premises on the newly reclaimed section of Pedder Street.

[2] This old General Post Office building was demolished in 1976, and was functionally relocated to Connaught Place to make way for the construction of the Central station of the MTR below ground.

[4] The GPO was designed by architect K. M. Tseng, as a 5-storey building, and the foundation to support another 2, up to the maximum permitted height of 120 feet.

General Post Office, c. 1923
General Post Office at Des Voeux Road Central and Pedder Street in Central, 1911
View from Victoria Harbour in the 1920s. The General Post Office is the third building from right, at the corner with Pedder Street . The pier in front is Blake Pier .