SPEEDPOST FINDS MORE CLIENTS
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MORE PEOPLE ARE FINDING THE SPECIAL +SPEEDPOST+ SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE POST OFFICE A HANDY AND RELIABLE AID IN CONDUCTING BUSINESS WITH OVERSEAS PARTNERS.
LAST YEAR, MORE THAN 75 000 PACKAGES WERE POSTED THROUGH THE SERVICE. ABOUT 55 000 IN-COMING PACKAGES WERE DELIVERED TO BUSINESS HOUSES IN HONG KONG.
ITEMS SENT OR RECEIVED INCLUDED BUSINESS DOCUMENTS, COMPUTER DATA, MICROFILMS, SAMPLES, DRAWINGS, CHEQUES, AND SMALL CONSIGNMENTS OF MERCHANDISE.
TRANSMISSION OF THE PACKAGES WAS CAREFULLY PROGRAMMED TO ENSURE SAFE, SPEEDY AND RELIABLE DELIVERY TO THE IR DESTINATIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE TODAY (SUNDAY) POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE SERVICE, MOST OF THE NORMAL MAIL PROCESSING STEPS BOTH IN HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS WERE ELIMINATED.
+PACKAGES SENT BY SPEEDPOST ARE GIVEN TOP PRIORITY. AT THE OVERSEAS END, THEY ARE GIVEN THE SAME PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT ALL THE WAY TO THEIR RECEIVER.
+FOR EXAMPLE, ITEMS CAN BE DELIVERED ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE UK AND USA IN LESS THAN 48 HOURS- THOSE SENT TO MACAU IN THE MORNING CAN BE RECEIVED IN THE AFTERNOON, HE SAID.
SPEEDPOST IS AVAILABLE, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF BUSINESS CONDUCTED, ON A CONTRACT BASIS OR ON DEMAND+.
+THE CONTRACT SERVICE IS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR CUSTOMERS WHO REQUIRE TO SEND PACKAGES TO THE SAME ADDRESS REGULARLY OR ON A FIXED FREQUENCY, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
+SENDERS HAVE TO SIGN A CONTRACT FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS, WITH A MINIMUM OF ONE REGULAR PRE-DETERMINED POSTING A MONTH.
+PACKAGES ARE COLLECTED AT SCHEDULED TIMES FROM THE IR OFFICE, DESPATCHED ON PRE-ARRANGED FLIGHTS, AND DELIVERED AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE ADDRESSEES.
→TIMES OF COLLECTION AND DELIVERY OF PACKAGES ARE SPECIFIED IN THE IR AGREEMENT, HE ADDED.
THE +ON DEMAND SERVICE ON THE OTHER HAND MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF CASUAL USERS OF SPEEDPOST OR SUPPLEMENTS A CONTRACT SERVICE.
NOT ONLY COMMERCIAL FIRMS FIND ON DEMAND+ SPEEDPOST CONVENIENT. INDUSTRIALISTS AND CONSUMERS TOO SOMETIMES FIND
IT INDISPENSABLE. THE SERVICE CAN BE USED TO FILL URGENT ORDERS AND OBTAIN SPARE PARTS FOR MACHINERY, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
/AT PRESENT
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