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WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1993

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HE ALSO SAID THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAD TRAINING FACILITIES IN RESPECT OF PRECISION MANUFACTURING OF PRECISION MECHANICAL PARTS.

ENHANCED ITS TOOLING

AND

TOGETHER WITH ITS

"ITS PRECISION TOOLING TRAINING CENTRE, PRECISION SHEET METAL PROCESSING TRAINING UNIT, ARE EQUIPPED WITH SOPHISTICATED MACHINING AND METAL STAMPING EQUIPMENT то PROVIDE PRACTICAL TRAINING."

THUS THE INDUSTRY HAS AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF COMPETENT AND SKILLED WORKERS IN PRECISION METAL FABRICATION, MR CHAU ADDED.

POST OFFICE COMMITTED TO PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME * * * * *

THE POST OFFICE IS COMMITTED TO A CONTINUING PROGRAMME OF PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT THROUGH MANAGEMENT EFFORTS, POSTAL MECHANISATION AND COUNTER AUTOMATION.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LI WAH-MING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OVER THE PERIOD 1983/84 TO 1991/92, POST OFFICE PRODUCTIVITY IN 31.8 TERMS OF EVALUATED TRAFFIC ITEMS PER STAFF HOUR HAS INCREASED BY PER CENT FROM 84.5 TO 111.4 ITEMS.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE VOLUME OF POSTAL TRAFFIC INCREASED BY 92.4 PER CENT FROM 496 MILLION TO 954.46 MILLION ITEMS.

MR SIU SAID THE EFFICIENCY STANDARDS AND PRODUCTIVITY INDICES AND FOR INDIVIDUAL, OFFICES AND THE ENTIRE POSTAL SYSTEM HAD BEEN SET WERE MONITORED REGULARLY BY SENIOR MANAGEMENT.

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OFFICE WOULD IMPROVE EFFICIENCY FURTHER, HE SAID THE POST ΤΟ MECHANISE AND AUTOMATE ITS OPERATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE

CONTINUE THROUGH:

* INSTALLATION OF MECHANISED LETTER SORTING SYSTEMS IN SHA TIN

AND TUEN MUN;

* COMPUTERISATION OF SPEEDPOST OPERATIONS;

* REPLACEMENT OF MECHANICAL STAMP VENDING MACHINES WITH ELECTRONICALLY OPERATED VERSIONS WHICH CAN ACCEPT ALL COINS, ISSUE A VARIETY OF STAMPS AND GIVE CHANGE;

* THE USE OF ELECTRONIC LETTER SCALES AT POST OFFICES TO REDUCE

COUNTER TRANSACTION TIME; AND

* DEVELOPMENT

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OF

A PROTOTYPE

AUTOMAILER TO

PROVIDE

'SELF

SERVICE FACILITIES AT POST OFFICE COUNTERS.

THE SECRETARY ALSO SAID THE TARGET RATE OF RETURN WAS CURRENTLY REVIEW AS PART OF A WIDER EXERCISE OF REVIEWING PUBLIC RATES OF RETURN.

UNDER

UTILITY

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