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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1986

SPEEDPOST SERVICE EXTENDED

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SPEEDPOST SERVICE WILL BE EXTENDED TO JAKARTA IN INDONESIA AND TO 12 MORE CITIES IN CHINA FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 8), THE POST OFFICE ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE 12 CITIES IN CHINA ARE BAOTOU, CHANGZHOU, FO SHAN, GUIYANG, HOHHOT, NANCHANG, NANPING, NANTONG, QUANZHOU, SANMING, URUMQI AND ZHANGZHOU.

+THE EXPANSION WILL INCREASE TO 47 THE NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND 45 THE NUMBER OF CITIES IN CHINA TO WHICH THE SERVICE IS AVAILABLE, A SPOKESMAN SAID.

+SPEEDPOST SERVICE IS A FAST AND RELIABLE MEANS FOR FORWARDING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS, SAMPLES AND MERCHANDISE OVERSEAS AND PICK-UP SERVICE IS AVAILABLE.+

HOWEVER, HE SAID THAT ONLY RESTRICTED SPEEDPOST SERVICE WOULD BE OFFERED TO INDONESIA INITIALLY.

+ONLY BUSINESS DOCUMENTS AND SAMPLES OF NO COMMERCIAL VALUE ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR TRANSMISSION IN THE SPEEDPOST SERVICE TO

INDONESIA STARTING NEXT MONDAY, HE SAID.

+ INITIALLY, DELIVERY IS RESTRICTED TO METROPOLITAN JAKARTA AND ITEMS POSTED IN HONG KONG WILL BE SENT TO ADDRESSEES IN JAKARTA ON THE NEXT WORKING DAY.

+BOTH +CONTRACT+ AND +ON DEMAND+ SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE,+ HE SAID.

REFERRING TO THE POSTAGE RATES OF SPEEDPOST ITEMS TO JAKARTA, HE SAID THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMIT WAS 10 KG. HE LISTED THE RATES AS FOLLOWS:

ITEMS WEIGHING UNDER 250 G

I $65

ITEMS WEIGHING BETWEEN 250 G AND 500 G

EACH SUBSEQUENT 500 G

$75

$20

+SHOULD CUSTOMERS REQUIRE MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT SPEEDPOST SERVICE, THEY ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE POSTAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES ON 5-2671108,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.

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