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Monday, September 10, 1973
FLØTER POSTAL SERVICE FOR BUSINESS FIRMS
The postal service in Hong Kong entered a new era today with
a fast door-to-door collection
the formal introduction of 'Speedpost'
and delivery service serving large firms and organisations on an international
basis.
The first firm to use 'Speedpost' is the Chartered Bank whose
firct dispatch left Hong Kong for London at 5.30 p.m. today. It is
expected to reach the bank's London office by tomorrow afternoon.
The contract for the new service was signed today at the Chartered
Bank building by the acting Postmaster General, Mr. D.J.K. Banford, on
behalf of the Post Office, and by Mr. D.L. Millar, Chief Manager of
the Chartered Bank.
The Bank has a contract for five collections a week, excluding Fridays
and Sundays.
For the time being, the service will only operate between Hong
Kong and Britain, but plans are in hand to expand it to the United States,
Canada, Australia, Japan, and Singapore, a spokesman for the Post Office said.
Charges will be open to negotiation with individual customers, he
said, but the basic scale to the United Kingdom would be $100 for the
first pound and 15 for every pound thereafter.
No maximum weight limit will be set for each consignment, but
individual packages should not exceed 10 pounds to ensure easy transportation
and speedy delivery.
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