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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1977
POST OFFICE GEARS UP FOR CHRISTMAS MAIL
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THE POST OFFICE IS MUSTERING EXTRA MANPOWER AND FACILITY TO COPE WITH THE RUSH OF CHRISTMAS MAIL.
ABOUT 130 TEMPORARY WORKERS AND 25 TEMPORARY POSTAL OFFICERS ARE BEING DEPLOYED IN VARIOUS SECTIONS AND COUNTERS OF THE POST OFFICE TO MEET THE SEASONAL PRESSURE, AND NINE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES WILL BE USED TO CONVEY CHRISTMAS MAIL.
FROM EARLY THIS MONTH TO THE EVE OF CHRISTMAS, STAFF OF THE POST OFFICE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE LEAVE EXCEPT ON VERY URGENT CASES, SO THAT THE SEASONAL GOODWILL GREETINGS CAN BE DELIVERED IN TIME.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE POST OFFICE SAID: +OUR BURDEN CAN BE MADE A LITTLE LIGHTER IF ONLY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD REMEMBER NOT TO LEAVE THEIR CHRISTMAS POSTING TO THE LAST MINUTE.
+THEY WILL HELP NOT ONLY THE POSTMEN BUT ALSO THEMSELVES, BY ENSURING THAT THE IR LETTERS ARE PROPERLY STAMPED AND ADDRESSED AND THAT PARCELS ARE PROPERLY PACKED,+ HE ADDED.
EACH YEAR SOME THREE MILLION LETTERS ARE UNDELIVERABLE BECAUSE THE ADDRESSES ARE INSUFFICIENT OR INCORRECT.
AS IN PAST YEARS, THE LATEST POSTING DATES FOR OVERSEAS CHRISTMAS MAIL ARE PUBLICISED WELL IN ADVANCE IN POST OFFICES, IN THE PRESS AND BROADCAST OVER THE RADIO.
MEANWHILE, THE POST OFFICE HAS BEEN KEPT BUSY HANDLING THE UPSURGE IN LETTERS AND PARCELS DESTINED FOR OVERSEAS.
LAST DECEMBER, ABOUT 35.5 MILLION ITEMS OF MAIL WERE HANDLED BY THE POST OFFICE -- AN INCREASE OF OVER 11 MILLION ITEMS AS COMPARED WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY VOLUME.
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