Tag: Asia

Japan Post unions raise objection to postal privatization plan

Posted by | Apr 7, 2005 | |

Japan Post’s two labor unions raised a strong objection Thursday to a government plan to divide up and privatize the postal system. “We cannot tolerate the plan as it would make the postal system, which serves as a social safety net and contributes to vitalizing the economy, collapse,” the Japan Postal Workers’ Union and the All Japan Postal Labor Union said in a statement.
They also said they reject the postal system privatization plan as it represents nothing more than Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s personal beliefs. “Japan should develop the postal system for the people by reforming Japan Post as a public corporation,” the statement said. The Koizumi administration is trying to pass postal system privatization bills through the Diet during the current session, which is scheduled to end in June.

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TNT aims for home turf of China Post

Posted by | Apr 7, 2005 | |

Domestic express and direct mail advertising are two moneymakers critical to China Post, which has been eager to dominate them in the Chinese market through a new postal act under revision. Ken McCall, chief executive officer of TNT China, announced in Shanghai on March 30 that the company would start a first step toward its direct marketing plan in China since April 2, sending 5 million questionnaires in Shanghai, the engine of the nation’s economy. Its intention was to collect consumer information for products and services aimed at some industries. China Post is now challenged whether to lose the vast DM market to TNT, a world leading provider of express delivery services, logistics supply chain solutions and mail services, after greatly exploring the document delivery market in the country.

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FedEx says ‘no decision yet’ to move Asia Pacific hub to China’s Guangzhou

Posted by | Apr 4, 2005 | |

FedEx Express said it has made ‘no decision yet’ on whether to move its Asia Pacific hub to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou from Subic Bay in the Philippines. FedEx said in a statement that it is still pondering various options and has yet to finalize its development plans in the Asia Pacific, despite a local media report that it had decided to move its Asia Pacific hub to Guangzhou. FedEx initially agreed in December 2003 to assess potential opportunities in Guangzhou’s new Baiyun International Airport, which is one of China’s largest airports.

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UPS marks anniversary of Philippine hub by announcing significant expansion

Posted by | Apr 4, 2005 | |

UPS Philippines today celebrated the third anniversary of its intra-Asia air hub by announcing expansion plans in a ceremony attended by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Since its establishment in 2002, UPS’s intra-Asia hub has grown into the company’s largest air hub in the Asia Pacific region. The hub is now home to 90 flights per week, a 50 percent increase since its opening. To meet growing demand, UPS announced plans to triple the hub’s sorting capacity from 2,500 packages to 7,500 packages per hour.

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Regulators said to consider consolidation in Chinese postal service

Posted by | Mar 22, 2005 | |

The consolidation between Express Mail Service (EMS) and CNPL has become the main issue in the Chinese postal industry. Liu Andong, director general of the State Postal Bureau of China, said at a working conference at the end of 2004 that to regroup express and logistics businesses was one of the six key tasks in 2005, and it was a signal of the consolidation. The postal industry is generally optimistic about the consolidation. EMS run by China Courier Service Corporation, a state-owned express company under the bureau, plans to reach a more than 10% rise year-on-year in operating revenue in 2005. The company expects to largely extend EMS service to the nation’s large and midsize cities and gradually capture market shares in metropolises.

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