General Post Office

It does the most basic jobs in the most basic way.
You can’t really compare Post Office with FedEx or DHL, and for government-​owned post office, the one in HK is probably some of the best.
In this General Office you can find the most, if not all, services provided by HK Post. As common as posting your Christmas cards, or as obscure as Postal Boxes, this is truly the heart of post service in HK. And indeed, it is located in one of the prime spots in Central, which if it’s not the government, the office probably would have located elsewhere.
Now why the 3 stars? Because the post offices, General Office included, is the only thing doesn’t change in the last two decades. While you can practically use Octopus to pay for anything in town, nope, you have to queue up for stamps, either you’d like to have one or 10 dozens. They do have a machine that accepts coins — who have coins with them in the pocket these days?
So yeah, until they have the following, General Office will stay 3 stars: some electronic scales that calculate stamp fee automagically, a vending machine for stamps (options of 1s or 10s, and in different values maybe?), and a vending machine for envelopes and small standard mailboxes in different sizes.
None of these would cost the government any serious money, but none of these would happen any time soon, ’cause otherwise where would we place the abundant number of civil servants?

First time to use their PayThurPost service to settle my Tax payment. The queue was fast moving and got me outta here quickly. I do recommend their payment service for anyone who don’t prefer PPS or not familiar with online payments.