Tag: Asia

Post office network firm to have regional chief operating officers

Posted by | Aug 4, 2006 | |

The private company to be created next summer to manage the nationwide network of post offices will have regional chief operating officers, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, president of Japan Post Corp., said Friday.

The COOs will be responsible for making post offices’ over-the-counter services friendlier to people in their area, according to Nishikawa, who revealed the plan at a meeting of the government’s postal privatization committee.

The new company, which will oversee OTC services at some 24,000 post offices, is one of the four companies to be created in October 2007 when the 10-year process of privatizing Japan’s postal services will get under way.

The three other companies will be in charge of mail delivery, postal savings and “kampo” life insurance. Japan Post will become the holding company of the four privatized units.

The committee discussed Japan Post’s overall plan toward the privatization, with members welcoming a plan to list the postal savings bank and life insurance company in four years after establishment.

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China Post Airlines launch international cargo flight service

Posted by | Aug 4, 2006 | |

China Post Airlines launched its first international cargo flight service on Thursday, opening an air route from Beijing to Seoul in the Republic of Korea .

The airline, jointly owned by China Southern Airlines and China’s State Post Bureau (China Post), will extend its air routes to Europe and America as well as other countries in Asia when the time is ripe, the Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities News reported Friday.

Facing drastic competition at home from international delivery giants that have entered the Chinese express delivery market, the airline is trying to compete by entering the international cargo market, said the paper.

In line with its commitments to the World Trade Organization, China’s express delivery market was fully opened to competition in December last year. Now international delivery companies such as DHL, FedEx, TNT and UPS hold more than 60 percent of the domestic market.

The market share of China Post’s express mail service (EMS) has been shrinking, challenged not only by foreign players but also by private domestic companies, said the paper.

By April this year, private delivery services accounted for 80 percent of the country’s intracity express service and 50 percent of inter-provincial business.

In an effort to outrun its competitors, China Post last year introduced next-morning delivery and cross-region delivery, using overnight flights. China Post Airlines is the first domestic air company to fly overnight, the paper reported

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Pakistan Post to launch five new services

Posted by | Aug 2, 2006 | |

Pakistan Post is planning to introduce five new services not only to facilitate the consumers but also to compete with the growing private sector.

The new services include instant money transfer, collection of utility bills from home, top of the line courier, tele-centers up to Tehsil headquarters and disbursement of micro-financing. In a presentation on the ‘New Vision of Pakistan Post’ Director General Arshad Khan shared his plans to launch the new services with the Minister for communications Shamim Siddiqui here on Friday at Post Office headquarters.

The vision is targeted to turn Pakistan Post into a self-sustainable, customer-friendly and dynamic organisation by making full use of its nation-wide infrastructure as hub of commercial activity for people living anywhere in the country, the DG said.

The minister advised for creating a customer-friendly environment in the organisation that should be fully equipped to compete with the private sector.

Minister of State for Communications Engineer Shahid Jamil Qureshi, Secretary Tariq Mehmood and senior officials of the ministry and Pakistan Post were also present on the occasion.

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UPS Express debuts in China

Posted by | Aug 2, 2006 | |

United Parcel Service Inc. has opened its first retail outlets in China.

Atlanta-based UPS reported Wednesday it opened two UPS Express retail centers in Shanghai. The outlets are located in key central business districts of Shanghai, one in the Shanghai Stock Exchange building and the other in the Shanghai Mart Convention Center. Both are owned and operated by UPS and offer extended operating hours to attract nearby businesses, UPS said.

The China UPS Express centers are the latest in a series of UPS’ moves to grow its operations and brand presence in China. In 2005, the company took direct control of its operations, serving more than 330 cities in China, which represent 85 percent of the country’s international trade activity.

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UPS Opens First Retail Centers in China

Posted by | Aug 2, 2006 | |

UPS today announced the opening of two UPS Express retail centers in Shanghai, China. This is the first retail endeavor launched by UPS in China.

The centers are located in key central business districts of Shanghai, one in the Shanghai Stock Exchange building and the other in the Shanghai Mart Convention Center. Both are owned and operated by UPS and offer extended operating hours to attract nearby businesses.
“UPS is committed to making its services not only the most reliable, but also the most convenient to businesses around the world,” said Jerry Drisaldi, vice president of UPS Retail Services. “Our diverse network of 70,000 full service and drop-off locations enables us to support the overall growth of UPS around the globe through innovative concepts that best meet the needs of our customers.”
The launch of the UPS Express centers is the latest in a series of strategic initiatives to expand UPS’s operations and brand presence in China. In 2005, the company took direct control of its operations, serving more than 330 cities in China, which represent 85 percent of the country’s international trade activity. UPS also expanded its air operations in China throughout 2006 and now flies to more points in China than any other U.S. airline, freight or passenger. The company also has grown its China workforce to more than 4,000 employees.

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