<p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">本港舊郵筒陷絕種危機！現時全港尚存59個英治時期舊郵筒，當中最古老的已服務市民逾一世紀。但港郵政近日以鑄刻在該批郵筒上的英國皇室徽號不合宜為由，決定用鐵板遮蓋有關標記，統一用上香港郵政的白色蜂鳥標誌，甚至計劃移除部份逾百年歷史的舊郵筒。保育團體斥香港郵政為去殖民地化，摧毀街頭歷史遺蹟，等於閹割文物，行徑可恥。有時事評論員指，行動完全無必要，估計有官員擅自揣摩上意，「以為做啲無聊嘢可以立功」。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "> </p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><img src="/EditBackyard/EditorData/Photo/a0201ahfhdj.gif" width="400" height="312" alt="" /><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; font-size: 12pt;">冼偉文指每個舊郵筒上的皇冠標記背後都有故事。</span></div><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "> </p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">本港現時約有1,148個郵筒中，有59個屬英治時期開始服役的舊郵筒，相關郵筒均依據年份，刻有不同的君主標記或皇冠圖案。長春社高級公共事務經理李少文指，上月9日曾經與香港郵政署長丁葉燕薇會面，對方認為郵筒上的皇冠圖案會引起市民混亂，決定用鐵板把標記覆蓋，再劃一標示香港郵政的白色蜂鳥標誌，令郵筒可清楚識別。</span></p><h2><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">團體或發起繫絲帶行動</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">保育團體香港郵筒搜索隊於上月23日與香港郵政會面期間，香港郵政助理署長吳美霞亦透露，除計劃用鐵板把郵筒君主標記覆蓋外，正計劃移走部份現役舊郵筒，將其放置在歷史建築旁，作為文物予公眾觀賞。搜索隊隊長冼偉文直斥提議荒謬，指該批舊郵筒最少可使用150年，大部份狀態良好，可繼續服務市民，不明白為何香港郵政「監生」將之殺死，「將有用嘅郵筒放喺博物館擺，同閹咗佢有乜分別？」</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">冼又指，郵筒上的皇冠圖案既反映皇室更替，亦顯示了郵筒的年齡，「係（郵筒）最精華部份」，當局用鐵板覆蓋徽號，等於將舊郵筒的歷史一掃而空，「唔會再考據到個郵筒幾時啟用、亦唔會再搵到背後嘅故事」。冼續稱，不少英治時期的舊郵筒為本港製造，正反映本港中西文化薈萃的特點，促香港郵政收回成命，勿向街頭文物動手。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">李少文指，香港郵政曾有官員向他透露將逐步去殖民地化，估計今次向舊郵筒開刀與此有關。李斥香港郵政無事生非，無法接受當局在無諮詢市民下自把自為；若當局一意孤行，不排除發起行動反抗，例如號召市民在舊郵筒繫上絲帶等。</span></p><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">全國港澳研究會會長陳佐洱於上月曾批評本港回歸後無依法實施去殖民地化，「讓一些本應放在歷史博物館裏的東西跑出來招搖過市」。</span></p><h2><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">陶傑：點解唔拆禮賓府？</span></h2><p style="margin-top:0.0000pt; margin-right:0.0000pt; margin-bottom:0.0000pt; margin-left:0.0000pt; text-indent:0.0000pt; padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt ; layout-grid-mode:char; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric; text-justify:inter-ideograph; "><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">時事評論員陶傑指，近18年來政府已逐步移除有殖民地色彩的建築、物件，原因是某些人覺得礙眼，香港郵政的行為正反映出有人揣測上意行事，為求立功不擇手段，他反問：「咁點解唔拆咗禮賓府呢？成棟建築物都係英治、日治時期嘅殖民符號喎。」</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt;">香港郵政回覆本報時承認，由於在舊郵筒上展示皇冠標記或英國皇室徽號並不合宜，故3月決定遮蓋皇冠標記及英國皇室徽號，具體安排籌備中，並稱會從庫存的舊郵筒中，選7個不同款式的舊郵筒放置在合適地點如歷史建築旁，供市民觀賞。</span></p>