Brief country report: Japan- Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)
Brief country report: Japan- Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)
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DHL Pakistan inks MoU for export customs clearance
Pakistan Customs and DHL signed a Memorandum of Understanding for in-house export customs clearance at Karachi gateway for outbound shipments.
This augments the commitment of Pakistan Customs to support change and align themselves with global trends. DHL Pakistan looks at innovative methods to lend support to the business community. “We will have faster clearance of the Import and Export throughput with In-House Customs” said DHL Pakistan spokesman.
Read MoreSpeed Post, EMS promotion launched
Post Master General Awang Haji Abdul Kadir observing the services.
A Speed Post and EMS counter at the Premium Service Centre.
The Speed Post service and Expediated Mail Service (EMS) promotional campaign was yesterday launched at the Premium Service Centre, Mail Processing Centre in Berakas Old Airport, ahead of the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations.
Present as the guest of honour was Post Master General Awang Haji Abdul Kadir bin Tengah.
Speed Post and EMS, fronted by the Postal Service Department, provide customers with safety, efficiency and fast services in sending letters, documents and parcels both domestically and internationally.
During the promotional period, boxes and packing services will be offered to the public for free.
The promotion will be held for three months, running from September 4 to December 4.
Initially, the services were only available at the premium counter at the Mail Processing Centre. However, due to the campaign, the counters have been extended to Temburong, Belait and Tutong Districts.
Among the objectives of the promotion are to increase the department’s revenues and to encourage the public to buy boxes offered by the Postal Service Department.
Read MoreMoney orders are major income source: PhilPost
The electronic mail may have practically killed the “snail mail,” once the main preoccupation of the country’s postal service, but life goes on for the Philippine Postal Corporation.
Postmaster General Hector Villanueva said PhilPost is thriving in money orders, which is now its major source of income.
Contrary to perception that PhilPost services would be become irrelevant because Filipinos has largely embraced the e-mail, he said that postal service is actually a flourishing business.
He said PhilPost has entered the remittance business, wherein it credits international money order to the PostalBank ATM accounts of the recipients.
The service now covers 12 countries Brunei, Hongkong, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, and the United Arab Emirates.
Despite this new service, PhilPost still caters to the basic postal delivery needs such as express mail and registered as well parcel services for big businesses.
“Our advantage is that we’re the only one that penetrates the countryside. Most of our competitors concentrate on the cities, that’s where we get clobbered,” Villanueva said.
He said, however, that PhilPost can eventually catch up with major couriers because the countryside belongs to them.
Read MoreDHL's expanded Central Asia Hub in Hong Kong
Situated at the Hong Kong International Airport, the expanded CAH is one of the main intercontinental hubs in DHL Express’ global air network, connecting the Asia Pacific region with the other regions in the world. It will also serve as one of the main Asian bases for DHL’s airline partners Polar Air and AeroLogic who will operate growing transpacific and Euro-Asian trade lanes from October this year and spring 2009 respectively.
The CAH in Hong Kong is DHL Express’ main regional hub in Asia Pacific. It serves as one of the region’s main gateways to China and as a catchment area for the Pearl River Delta area, one of China’s main manufacturing bases. CAH is also the home base for Air Hong Kong, our JV with Cathay Pacific.
Dan McHugh, CEO, DHL Express Asia Pacific said that at present, over 60 per cent of express cargo processed by the Central Asia Hub is intra-Asia Pacific shipments and the figure is expected to continue growing alongside rising intra-regional trade.
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