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Friday, July 27, 1973
POST OFFICE INTRODUCES SPECIAL SERVICE FOR COMMERCIAL
AND INDUSTRIAL SECTION
The Post Office will introduce a new faster postal service from
September especially for the commercial and industrial sector in Hong Kong.
Known as speedpost, it is a door to door international package
collection and delivery service. Times of collection and delivery are
specified and agreed to by the customer, utilising predetermined flights
and the integrity and resources of the distant Postal Administration.
Initially the service will operate between Hong Kong and most
places in the United Kingdom.
However, plans are in hand to extend it to certain parts of the
United States, to be followed by service to other countries when agreement
has been reached with the Postal Administrations concerned.
Speedpost is designed to meet the needs of the modern age where
there is a requirement for information and data to be conveyed regularly and
urgently.
Those who will benefit from the advantages of the new service will
include banks, insurance companies, department stores, shipping lines,
importers and exporters.
The charges for the service are negotiated individually with each
customer depending on weight, destination, frequency and timings of collection
and delivery, and they are arranged on the basis of a contract.
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