SAPO Annual Report 2006
SAPO Annual Report 2006
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The winner by Scouts votes of the 2007 EUROPA stamp competition is the Armenian operator HAYPOST.
The winner by Scouts votes of the 2007 EUROPA stamp competition is the Armenian operator HAYPOST.
EUROPA stamps are special stamps issued by European postal administrations/enterprises, under the aegis of PostEurop, and that have Europe as their central theme.
The EUROPA stamp best design competition is a yearly event which takes place during PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly. The first competition, in 2002 saw Malta win best stamp design. Following winning stamps from 2003 to 2006 were from Monaco, Greenland, Iceland and Ukraine.
In order to celebrate the ‘100 years of scouting’ and to stimulate the interest for EUROPA stamps among young scouts, it was decided that the EUROPA competition would be opened to scouts around the world, and they were invited to vote on-line for the stamp they liked best.
On the 9th May, Europe Day, in Portoroz, Slovenia, Scouts and PostEurop launched the 2007 issue of the EUROPA stamp competition, celebrating scoutism, and in which over 50 postal operators in Europe participated.
As revealed during PostEurop’s Plenary Assembly in Vienna, Austria, the winner selected by the majority of voting scouts is the stamp issued by Postal Operator of Armenia : Haypost.
“On behalf of HayPost in Armenia, we wish to thank PostEurop for organizing this invaluable competition and especially our voters for having chosen the Armenian EUROPA stamp for the 2007 PostEurop competition. This stamp symbolizes the international peace generated by the scout movement, and the union between Armenians and all cultures in the world,” stated Hans Boon, Director General of HayPost.
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Read MoreEmirates Post presents commemorative stamps to DP World CEO
Mohammed Sharaf, CEO, DP World, was recently presented a set of platinum, gold and silver commemorative stamps by Faisal Al Nuaimi, Director of Sales and Retail Operations, Emirates Post.
The stamps bearing the image of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, were presented as a token of appreciation for an agreement signed between DP World and Emirates Post for the issuance of special stamps.
Mr Sharaf said:
“Cooperation such as this between the public and private sector establishments is vital for national development. We aim to provide high-quality services through our association with Emirates Post, which has a powerful market position.”
Mr. Abdullah Al Daboos, Director General, Emirates Post, said: “Emirates Post is delighted to initiate a business relationship with DP World and we are positive this will lead to a mutually beneficial partnership in the long-term. We are sure the special stamps on DP World to be issued by Emirates Post will enhance the company profile locally and internationally.”
Explaining the significance of the stamps, Mr Al Nuaimi said:
“We regard DP World as a benchmark for reliability and credibility, and as a role model of customer service. We are very proud to be a part of DP World’s corporate efforts and we are ready to cooperate in efforts that enhance the UAE’s national interests.”
Read MorePostal services in Japan 2007
In fiscal 2006 the Japanese postal service reported total mail volume of 24,677.24 million pieces, down 0.6% or 141.38 million pieces from the same period last year. Annual per capita mail volume was 194 items, two pieces less than the previous year. First-Class letters and Second-Class mail made up about 90% of the total volume of mail, and accounted for 21,094.13 million items, down 1.7% from the previous year. Total parcel post volume was 2,317.41 million pieces, up 242.44 million pieces from the previous year due to increased use by department stores and mail-order companies. Operating revenues (excluding internal use by Japan Post) for 2006 was 1.8543 trillion yen, down 0.1%, or 1.3 billion yen from the same period last year. Overall, Japan Post recorded a net income of 942.5 billion yen, down 990.5 billion yen from the previous year’s 1,933.1billion yen. This decline was as a result of incorporating extraordinary gains and losses into net ordinary income, transferring an additional 177.4 billion yen to the policyholders’ dividend reserve in the Postal Life Insurance Service and because money trust management income in the Postal Savings Service fell 1,184.2 billion yen.
Read MoreEx-official eyed in Japan Post deals / Former bureaucrat heads firm operating 70 postal cafes, shops
A private company, whose president was a career official at the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry, won contracts granted at the discretion of Japan Post to operate 70 of the 122 cafeterias and shops at 61 of the Kanpo no Yado lodging facilities run by Japan Post for policy holders of postal insurance, it was learned Monday.
The company took over most of the 70 cafeterias and shops from a foundation that was found to have offered cushy jobs to retired bureaucrats via a practice called amakudari after that operator was disbanded as part of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s reform of public-service corporations.
The private company, Yume Kanpo Service, is located in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
Annual sales of the 70 businesses are estimated at 8 billion yen.
Japan Post takes between 10 and 20 percent of the profits, and the rest goes to Yume Kanpo Service. Each Kanpo no Yado has a cafeteria and a store. Japan Post directly operates five of the other 52 shops and another 35 companies won contracts in a similar manner to run 47 shops. Under the accountancy law, Japan Post is required to put the contracts out to public tender.
Read MoreDSV Air & Sea Holding A/S invests in Pakistan
DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S has made an investment of 20% of the shares in
Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. in Pakistan. DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S has an
option to acquire the remaining shares within a three years’ period.
Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. has been the official partner of the DSV global
network for the past three years.
Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. has an annual turnover of approx. DKK 25 mill. The
company is represented by six locations in Pakistan.
This investment is seen as an important development in the expansion strategy
for the Sub Continent region, where DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S already has own
operations in India and Bangladesh.
In future Country Logistics (PVT) Ltd. will operate under the identity of DSV
Air & Sea (PVT) Ltd.
Questions should be addressed to Peter Larsen, Vice President of DSV Air & Sea
Holding A/S, phone number +45 43 20 30 40.
TechRestore Partners with FedEx for Laptop & iPod Repair Dropoffs
TechRestore announced Tuesday a partnership with FedEx that makes the company’s chain of FedEx Kinko’s stores a dropoff location for repairs of Apple laptops, iPods, and iPhones, as well as Sony PSPs and for data recovery. Customers wishing to schedule repairs with TechRestore online or via telephone can choose a dropoff option, and doing so alerts both TechRestore and FedEx with all the relevant information.
TechRestore’s basic business model has been one day turnaround in repairs, with the company sending customers a packing kit, which is then picked up by FedEx, which overnights your broken laptop or iPod to TechRestore. The company would then fix it and overnight it back to you. The new dropoff option allows customers to take the first day out of that process, and takes care of the shipping label on the FedEx side of the process.
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