CTT (Macau)

Macao Post
澳門郵政
Correios de Macau

Logo of Macau Post
Type	Public agency
Industry	Post, Philately
Founded	1884
Founder	CTT
Headquarters	Edifício-Sede dos Correios de Macau, Largo do Senado, Macau Peninsula, Macau, China
Area served	Macau
Key people	Derby Lau Wai-Meng (Director)
Services	Postal services, Philatelic services
Owner	Government of Macao
Website	www.macaupost.gov.mo

Correios de Macau
Traditional Chinese	澳門郵政
Simplified Chinese	澳门邮政
Literal meaning	Macao Post
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Àomén Yóuzhèng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Ou3 Mun4 Jau4 Zing3

Macao Post (Portuguese: Correios de Macau, 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 (Portuguese: Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones, 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. Prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Portugal to China in 1999, the Macao postage stamps bore the Portuguese words REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA (i.e. the 'Portuguese Republic'), but now bear the Portuguese words MACAU, CHINA (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

• Edificio de Correos y Telégrafos, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 03.jpg

  Headquarters of Macao Post

• Edificio de Correos y Telégrafos, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 02.jpg

  Building by night

• Taipa Post Office.jpg

  Nova Taipa Post Office

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.

• Aomen China Mailbox-01.jpg

  Postbox (old Style)

• Macau auto postBox.jpg

  Auto Postbox

• Postbox in Macau.jpg

  Postbox

• Posthouse in Macau.jpg

  Post House

See also

• List of companies of Macao

External links

• History of Macau Post
• About Macau Post
• eSignTrust
• Communications Museum of Macau
• Macau Postal Savings