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MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1977
YEAR OF EXPANSION FOR POST OFFICE
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THE SPECIAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE POST OFFICE WENT THROUGH A PERIOD OF TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR.
THE POST OFFICE'S SPEEDPOST SERVICE WAS NOTICEABLY GROWING IN POPULARITY WITH BUSINESS COMPANIES EECAUSE OF ITS RELIABLE AND FAST DELIVERY. IN VIEW OF THIS,
IN VIEW OF THIS, SPEEDPOST WAS EXTENDED TO AUSTRALIA, FRANCE AND THE NETHERLANDS, IN ADDITION TO ESTABLISHED SERVICES TO BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, BRAZIL, JAPAN AND BELGIUM, AND LATER INCLUDED ITEMS OF MERCHANDISE TO BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA.
REVENUE FROM SPEEDPOST AMOUNTED TO $3.6 MILLION, WHICH WAS
157 PER CENT MORE THAN IN 1975-76.
THE EXPRESS DELIVERY MAIL SERVICE ALSO HAD A YEAR OF RAPID
AN GROWTH, DURING 1976-77, 713,000 ITEMS WERE DESPATCHED INCREASE OF 77.4 PER CENT OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IT SAW
THE YEAR 1976-77 WAS A YEAR OF POSTAL EXPANSION. THE OPENING OF THE NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GENERAL POST OFF ICE IN AUGUST, AND THE COMMISSIONING OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE HUNG HOM INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE AT THE END OF APRIL.
COMPLETION OF THIS PHASE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL CENTRE HAS MADE AVAILABLE STORAGE AND BAG-HANDLING FACILITIES FOR MAIL SENT TO AND RECEIVED FROM CHINA. PLANNING OF THE MAIN BUILDING IN PHASE II IS NOW ALMOST COMPLETED.
THE CONCEPT OF ESTABLISHING A MAIL ROOM IN HIGH-RISE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS HAS ALSO PROVED A SUCCESS FOLLOWING THE OPERATION OF A MAIL ROOM IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE. SIMILAR FACILITIES ARE BEING INTRODUCED TO OTHER COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, INCLUDING THE RE-DEVELOPED ALEXANDRA HOUSE, TO EASE DELIVERY PROBLEMS IN SUCH BUILDINGS.
„ITH ALL THESE NEW FACILITIES, GREATER HEIGHTS WERE ACHIEVED BY THE POST OFFICE IN MANY ASPECTS OF ITS CRK AND A SPOKESMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT FORESEES FURTHER GROWTH IN THE YEARS TO COME.