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URSDAY, JUNE 14, 1990

SECTOR MAIL DIRECT ACTIVITIES. LAST YEAR FINANCIAL

DAY," ITEMS, OR 2.3 MILLION ITEMS A

"THIS RAPID GROWTH HAS COME FROM THE THE INCREASE IN COMMERCIAL AND HANDLED OVER 830 MILLION MAIL. I SAID.

AND

WE

HE

WITH

THE REVENUE,

HE

MR WONG SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS PLEASED WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE MANPOWER SITUATION.

**

DELIVER DEPARTMENT,

HE

*INCREASED TRAFFIC REQUIRES EXTRA STAFF TO PROCESS AND THE MAIL. BUT THE HONG KONG POST OFFICE IS A GOVERNMENT AND WE FOLLOW THE GOVERNMENT'S SPIRIT OF CONSTRAINT ON RESOURCES," SAID.

THE POST OFFICE

THE TRAFFIC POINTED OUT INCREASED EXERCISED

HANDLED HE SERVICES.

THE NEED FOR AND IT THEREFORE

OFFICE RECOGNISED

MR WONG EXPLAINED HOW INCREASE AND MAINTAINED EFFICIENT POSTAL THAT, FIRSTLY, THE POST

IMPROVED EFFICIENCY, PRODUCTIVITY AND STRICT SUPERVISION AND MONITORED STAFF PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY,

30

EACH DAY "SECONDLY, WE HAVE RECENTLY STREAMLINED OUR DELIVERY POLICY THAT THE MAINLY RESIDENTIAL AREAS RECEIVE ONE MAIL DELIVERY WHILE THE COMMERCIAL AREAS RECEIVE TWO MAIL DELIVERIES EACH DAY.

"THIRDLY, WE EMPLOY TEMPORARY STAFF FOR SIMPLE MAIL

TO THE PRIORITY AND RE-DEPLOY PERMANENT STAFF LETTER MAIL.

OF TASK

PROCESSING DELIVERING

FAR AS OFFICE COSTING $120

AS "FOURTHLY, WE RELY ON MECHANISATION AND AUTOMATION

EARLY NEXT MONTH THE POST POSSIBLE," HE SAID, ADDING THAT WOULD COMMISSION A NEW MECHANISED LETTER SORTING SYSTEM MILLION.

MR WONG SAID THE SORTING SYSTEM WORLD TO USE MODERN OPTICAL CHARACTER TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT POST CODES.

WOULD BE THE RECOGNITION

AND

FIRST

THE VIDEO CODING

IN

"EACH MACHINE

CAN PROCESS 30,000

AND IS HOUR, PER ITEMS

BY DIRECT MARKETERS,"

IDEALLY SUITABLE FOR PROCESSING BULK POSTINGS HE SAID.

OF

THE DIRECT

FROM MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT IN ORDER TO REAP THE FULL BENEFITS

FULL CO-OPERATION THIS NEW SORTING EQUIPMENT, MARKETERS IN ADDRESSING AND MAKING UP MAIL PROPERLY WAS NEEDED.

FAILURES

WHICH ABLE TO

OF BULK POSTERS HE REFERRED TO SOME COMMON RESULTED IN ONLY 67 PER CENT OF TYPEWRITTEN MAIL ITEMS BEING BE READ DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD.

HE SAID HE HAD DISTRIBUTED A BOOKLET GIVING

GUIDANCE

ON THIS

SUBJECT.

MR WONG ALSO APPEALED TO THE MARKETERS

ENVELOPES ITEMS WHICH WERE GOOD QUALITY SIZES, FOR SENDING ITEMS BY POST. PROMOTIONAL ITEMS, HE SAID.

AND THEY WERE

TO USE THE CARTONS, IN IDEAL

"POSTPAK"

DIFFERENT

FOR DESPATCHING

/TURNING TO