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Pos Malaysia Berhad

Formerly	Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Straits Settlements Post Office
Company type	Publicly traded state-owned enterprise
Traded as	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 Chief Executive Officer)
Revenue	RM2.19 billion (2020)
Total assets	RM2.71 billion (2020)
Number of employees	18,487 (2022)
Parent	DRB-HICOM
Website	www.pos.com.my

Pos Malaysia Berhad (English: Malaysian Post, MYX: 4634) is a postal delivery service in Malaysia, with history dating back to early 1800s.

Services

Pos Malaysia provides postal and related services, namely:

• Standard Mail (Flexipack Domestic, Standard Mail, Non-Standard Mail, Postcards, Mel Rakyat, Pos Ekspres, Pos Daftar, Pos Solutions).
• Courier, Express & Parcels CEP (Same Day Delivery, Next Day Delivery, Time Certain Service, Pos Parcel, Pos Ekspres, Pos Laju Prepaid Pack, On-Demand Pick-up, Prepaid Envelopes/Boxes).
• Retail (Bill payments, driving marketplace).

The company holds an exclusive concession to provide mail services through its network of over 926 branches and mini post offices across Malaysia.

About

History

The history of Pos Malaysia Berhad can be traced back to the early 1800s with the establishment of postal services first in the Straits Settlements in Penang, Malacca and Singapore expanding through the rest of Malaya 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.

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.

The Federated 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.

A Malayan Postage Union was established in 1907 that instituted universal postage rates for the Federated Malay States, the Straits Settlements, and Johor. Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu joined in 1909 when they transferred from Thailand to British protection.

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 of television licence and others.

In 1992, Pos Malaysia Berhad was corporated from the PSD. In September 2001, Pos Malaysia Berhad was listed on the then Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (now known as Bursa 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.

Origins and Evolution

Pos Malaysia, the parent company of Pos Laju, has its roots in the early postal services established during the Straits Settlements era in the 1800s. The mail system back then primarily served to facilitate communications between the British colonies. After Malaysia gained independence in 1957, the mail system was nationalized, leading to the establishment of Jabatan Perkhidmatan Pos Malaysia or the Malaysian Postal Services Department.

Formation of Pos Laju

Pos Laju was officially launched in 1985 as the express courier arm of Pos Malaysia, focusing on time-sensitive delivery of documents and parcels.

Expansion and Services

Pos Laju offers services including express parcel delivery, logistics, freight forwarding, and e-commerce. The network of Pos Laju encompasses over 1,000 touchpoints, including branches, authorized agents, kiosks, and drop boxes.

Subsidiaries

Associates

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Malaysia
• Singapore Philatelic Museum
• List of Malaysian stamps
• Revenue stamps of Malaysia
• List of national postal services

References

1. ^ "Annual Reports".
2. "Evolusi 200 tahun industri pos di Malaysia". astroawani.
3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Pos Malaysia". pos Malaysia.
5. ^ Report on the Post and Telegraphs Department for the Year 1924,Supplement to the FMS Government Gazette, 26 June 1925. http://commonrepo.um.edu.my/432/1/FMS%20GOV%201925_24.pdf
6. "Company Overview of Pos Malaysia Berhad, Prior to Merger with POS Malaysia & Services Holdings Bhd". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
7. "Pos Malaysia". pos Malaysia.
8. ^ "Pos Malaysia". pos Malaysia. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

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• Postal system of Malaysia
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