Hong Kong and Macau postal codes

[Randy W]

These postal codes are for use ONLY when mailing letters from Mainland China to Hong Kong or Macau.

 

Hong Kong is 999077, and Macau is 999078.

 

Hooda thunk!

 

You’ve got mail ... but no postcode: why Hong Kong does not use such numbers

There is 999077 for mainland mail bound for city, but it is unheard of in local postage and rarely used

 

 

Local officials briefly considered introducing a postcode system in 2000, but later shelved the idea, concluding the city is so condensed and small that a postal worker could still hand-deliver letters and packages without it. Unlike the US, which comprises 50 states, a federal district and 14 territories, Hong Kong’s physical size is only equivalent to that of a small state.

However, mail sent from mainland China to the city bears the postcode 999077. But almost no one in town uses this designation for mail sent within Hong Kong, and many don’t even know of its existence. When mail from overseas going to the city requires that a postcode be filled out, one can use 00000, HK.