Taiwan proposes using postal bank to spur lending
Taiwan’s top financial regulator proposed allowing the government-owned postal bank to put some of its deposits in private banks.
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China, Taiwan agree on Direct Flights, Shipping, Mail
China and Taiwan will establish direct flights across the Taiwan Strait and agreed on shipping and postal links, following the highest-level talks between the two sides on the island in almost 60 years.
Read MoreTaiwan and China poised to launch direct postal exchange
Taiwan and mainland China are poised to set up direct postal link, which will halve the delivery time and postage cost, said Kao Kung-lian, secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), yesterday (Oct. 15).
The postal link will cover not only common mails but also parcels and express-delivery packages carried out by Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. and its Chinese counterparts, according to Kao.
The statement was confirmed by Yang Yi, spokesman of Taiwan Affairs Office of China`s State Council, who said yesterday that direct postal link will be a major topic in the talk between Chen Yunlin, chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), and P.K. Chiang, SEF chairman, during the former`s upcoming visit to Taiwan. The talks will also cover such issues as direct shipping link, direct charter freight flight, direct charter passenger flight on weekdays, and direct cross-Strait flight route.
Read MoreTaiwan, China urged to launch direct mail
Taiwanese and Chinese mail operators on Wednesday called on their governments to allow direct mail delivery across the Taiwan Strait soon.
“It takes five days to send an ordinary piece of mail from Taipei to Beijing because the mail has to go through Japan or Kong Kong,” said Huang Shu-chien, chairman of the Taiwan Postal Association and vice president of Taiwan’s state-run Chunghwa Post Co.
Huang, along with other senior postal officials and company executives from the two sides, made the appeal at a seminar during his visit to Beijing.
Taiwan and China, which split during a Chinese civil war in 1949, began allowing mail to be delivered between the two sides through a third place in 1979.
Huang noted that there are no technical problems with bypassing a third location to directly deliver mail between Taiwan and China, but he said it requires negotiations to solve the issue of direct transportation.
“The opening of direct mail delivery would halve the time and money,” Huang said.
Wang Yuci, deputy head of the State Postal Bureau of the People’s Republic of China, also urged both sides to grasp the historic opportunity to enhance and expand cooperation in the area of postal services and to soon make possible direct cross-strait mail delivery.
Taiwan-China relations have been improving since Taiwan’s new President Ma Ying-jeou, who favors closer ties with China, took office in May.
Taiwan opened itself to more Chinese tourists and the two sides launched direct weekend cross-strait charter flights in July.
Read MoreDHL honored with Asia Platinum Award by Reader's Digest for fourth consecutive year Awarded nine Platinum and Gold Awards across seven markets in region
DHL has once again been voted as one of Asia’s most trusted brands in the ‘Airfreight/Courier Service’ category at the 10th annual Trusted Brands Awards 2008, organized by Reader’s Digest. The company has, for the fourth consecutive year, received an Asia Platinum Award, in addition to the three Platinum and five Gold awards garnered across seven countries surveyed.
The prestigious award wins further strengthened the DHL brand equity as consumers clearly associate the company with attributes that are of utmost importance to them – trustworthiness, credibility, quality, value, understanding their needs and innovation.
Besides the Asia Platinum Award, DHL received the Platinum Award in Hong Kong and Singapore, as well as the Gold Award in Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand in the same category. In India, DHL and Blue Dart, part of the DHL group, each garnered a Gold Award. Platinum awards in Hong Kong and Singapore are repeated wins; Hong Kong for the fifth year running and Singapore for the second successive year.
Respondents who took part in the survey, through email and telephone interviews, nominated their most, single trusted brand. DHL’s excellent showing in the survey shows that its brand name registers top-of-mind awareness among consumers. DHL attributes this appeal to its strong brand presence, extensive network infrastructure, and the active community activities that it regularly and consistently participates in these countries and beyond in Asia Pacific.
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