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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1994
TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT MEETS TAXI OPERATORS
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE ISSUE OF NEW TAXI LICENCES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THE DEPARTMENT HELD MEETINGS WITH TWO TAXI OPERATOR GROUPS TODAY (THURSDAY) TO LISTEN TO THEIR OPPOSITE VIEWS.
AS REGARDS THE POLICY ON ISSUE OF TAXI LICENCES, HE SAID THE ISSUE WAS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL TOPICS EXAMINED UNDER THE TAXI POLICY REVIEW WHICH WAS DISCUSSED BY THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 25 THIS YEAR.
THE GOVERNMENT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A VIEW ON THE TAXI POLICY REVIEW SOON.
SPEEDPOST SERVICE EXTENDS TO VIETNAM
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR MIKE PAGLIARI, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT WITH EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 28 RECIPROCAL SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO VIETNAM.
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OVERSEAS SERVED BY SPEEDPOST TO 62.
DESTINATIONS
SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE FOLLOWING 16 CITIES
IN VIETNAM:
HANOI CAPITAL, HO CHI MINH CITY, VUNG TAU TOÀN, CẦN THỌ CITY, HAI PHONG CITY, HA DONG TOÀN, HAI DUONG TOWN, HƠN GAI TOWN, DA NANG CITY, HUE CITY, TRA VINH TOWN, THU DAU MOT TOWN, BIEN HOA TOWN, TAK AN TOWN, TOWN AND NAM DINH CITY.
VINH LONG
SPEEDPOST ITEMS ADDRESSED TO HANOI CAPITAL AND HO CHI MINH CITY WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY AFTER POSTING.
ITEMS ADDRESSED TO THE OTHER 14 CITIES WILL BE DELIVERED ON THE SECOND WORKING DAY AFTER POSTING.
THERE WILL BE NO DELIVERY ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
BUSINESS PAPERS, SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE ADMISSIBLE. BOTH 'CONTRACT' AND 'ON DEMAND' SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.
THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM IS 20 KG, AND THE POSTAGE RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
VIETANM
ITEMS WEIGHING NOT OVER 250G ITEMS WEIGHING NOT OVER 500G EACH SUBSEQUENT ADDITIONAL 500G KILOPAK SPECIAL RATE
$100 S110
$ 30 $130
/SPEEDPOST IS