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| Formerly | Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Straits Settlements Post Office |
|---|---|
| Company type | Publicly tradedstate-owned enterprise |
| MYX:4634 | |
| ISIN | MYL4634OO001 |
| Industry | Postal services,courier |
| Founded | Early 1800s; 224 years ago |
| Headquarters | Ibu Pejabat Pos Besar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Key people | Charles Brewer (group CEO) |
| Revenue | RM2.19 billion (2020)[1] |
| Total assets | RM2.71 billion (2020)[1] |
Number of employees | 18,487 (2022) |
| Parent | DRB-HICOM |
| Website | www |
Pos Malaysia Berhad (English:Malaysian Post) is agovernment-linked company that provides postal delivery service inMalaysia.
The history of Pos Malaysia Berhad can be traced back to the early 1800s with the establishment of postal services first in theStraits Settlements inPenang,Malacca andSingapore expanding through the rest ofMalaya by the early 20th century. Letters were then conveyed through dispatch riders or special messengers. Instead of postage stamps, fees were collected when letters were handed in at the Post Office. Letters posted were given a receipt.[2][3]
The system later changed when the Indian stamps overprinted with crown and Straits' stamps overprinted with dollars and cents were introduced in 1867. The first inaugural set of postage stamps was introduced in 1901.
TheFederated Malay States Posts and Telegraphs Department was formally created on 1 January 1905 with the merger of the postal and telegraph services of Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Pahang.[4]
A Malayan Postage Union was established in 1907 that instituted universal postage rates for theFederated Malay States, theStraits Settlements, and Johor. Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu joined in 1909 when they transferred from Thailand to British protection.[4]
It also started as a medium for the transmission of letters, newspapers, and business documents. The postal service soon evolved into a multiple services provider. It began to venture into parcel delivery, registrations, insurance service, transaction of money (postal order & money order), and investment of funds (Post Office Saving Bank).
The postal service, then known as Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos – Postal Services Department (PSD), also began to take over numerous services on behalf of the Government departments. It started to collect payment of electricity bills, sale of dog licences, payment of pensions, sale oftelevision licence and others.
In 1992, Pos Malaysia Berhad was corporated[5] from the PSD. In September 2001, Pos Malaysia Berhad was listed on the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now known asBursa Malaysia Berhad) through a reverse takeover of a Philio Allied Berhad assuming its listing status. Today, Pos Malaysia has many Strategic Business Units -POS Laju,POS,Data Pos,POS ArRahnu,POS Digicert,POS Solutions &POS Online.[6]
Pos Malaysia provides postal and related services, namely:
The company holds an exclusive concession to provide mail services through its network of over 926 branches and mini post offices across Malaysia.[7]
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