CTT (Macau)

Macau Post and Telecommunications (Portuguese: Correios e Telecomunicações de Macau; Chinese: 澳門郵電局) is a department under the Government of Macao responsible for postal services and telecommunications regulation.

Macau Post and Telecommunications (CTT)
澳門郵電局
Correios e Telecomunicações de Macau
Public agency
IndustryPost, Philately, Telecommunications
Founded1884
FounderCTT
HeadquartersEdifício-Sede dos Correios de Macau,
Largo do Senado,
Macau Peninsula,
Macau,
China
22°11′35.9″N 113°32′24.7″E,
Macau
,
China
Area served
Macau
Key people
Derby Lau Wai-Meng (Director)
ServicesPostal services, Philatelic services, Telecommunications
OwnerGovernment of Macao
WebsiteOfficial website (in English)
Correios de Macau
Traditional Chinese澳門郵政
Simplified Chinese澳门邮政
Literal meaningMacau Post
Logo of Macau Post

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.[1] Prior to the transfer of sovereignty from Portugal to China in 1999, Macanese postage stamps bore the Portuguese words REPÚBLICA PORTUGUESA (i.e., the 'Portuguese Republic'), but now bear the Portuguese words MACAU, CHINA.

Organization

The Postal service is headed by a Director with two sub-directors.

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)
  • Telecommunications Regulator (2017-now)

Postal Stations

Postal Stations are referred to as Branches with fifteen 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
  • Fai Chi Kei
  • Headquarters of Macao Post
  • Building by night
  • 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.

  • Postbox (old Style)
  • Auto Postbox
  • Postbox
  • Post House

See also

References
  1. "About Us". ctt.gov.mo.
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