Free local posting to mark "Love and Care Day" on September
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************************************************************ Hongkong Post says September 2005 has been designated "Hongkong Post Love and Care Day" in support of its service culture of "Care from the Heart".
This follows the success of last year's Love and Care Day when the offer of the free local delivery of a personal letter was launched to show customers how much they are valued.
The Assistant Postmaster General (Business Development) Mr Dan Choi said letter-writing was an indispensable means of communication and its power to express love and care was very touching to the reader.
Therefore, Hongkong Post was again organising the "One Person, One Letter" activity for Love and Care Day, during which customers are invited to send one letter to a special recipient in Hong Kong, postage-free at designated post offices.
Having reviewed customers' suggestions after last year's Love and Care Day, Hongkong Post has responded by increasing the number of designated post offices from four to 10, covering Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. This will enable more customers to participate this year. As a special gift to visiting customers on that day, all post offices will offer them a free Octopus cardholder while stocks last.
One of the key corporate values of Hongkong Post, namely "Care from the Heart", flourishes in the hearts of its staff. A voluntary organisation, the PostCare Club, has been formed by post office staff to offer community services to those in need. This year, a special activity organised by the PostCare Club is the delivery of free mooncakes to a group of retired miners residing in the Ma On Shan area. More than fifty elderly people live in this remote settlement and on September 11 the club members will visit them, deliver mooncakes among other commodities, and provide some enjoyable entertainment as well. While there, the enthusiastic volunteers will also use their skills to write letters for the miners.
Apart from the activities arranged for customers, Hongkong Post will also organise "Care from the Heart" programmes for staff and their families in support of the Love and Care Day. These include family visits to post offices, children's games and other fun-filled activities.
"The free delivery of local letters is a Hongkong Post activity very much in keeping with the 'Linking People' aspect of our corporate purpose statement, 'Linking People, Delivering Business'," Mr Choi said. "I am especially pleased to note the extra effort made by members of our PostCare Club. They have organised the delivery of mooncakes and daily commodities and have offered to write letters for the retired miners, on their own initiative and in their own time.
"Hongkong Post staff are very committed to the efficient running of the postal service and yet still find time to give something more to the community. They have taken our Care from the Heart service culture outside of our business and extended it to include those in our community who might not ordinarily be our customers. I am proud of our caring and devoted staff."
For full information about Love and Care Day and the One Person, One Letter programme, please ask at your local post office, or check out the Hongkong Post website at www.hongkongpost.com, or call the Hongkong Post Hotline 2921 2222.
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************************************************************ Hongkong Post says September 2005 has been designated "Hongkong Post Love and Care Day" in support of its service culture of "Care from the Heart".
This follows the success of last year's Love and Care Day when the offer of the free local delivery of a personal letter was launched to show customers how much they are valued.
The Assistant Postmaster General (Business Development) Mr Dan Choi said letter-writing was an indispensable means of communication and its power to express love and care was very touching to the reader.
Therefore, Hongkong Post was again organising the "One Person, One Letter" activity for Love and Care Day, during which customers are invited to send one letter to a special recipient in Hong Kong, postage-free at designated post offices.
Having reviewed customers' suggestions after last year's Love and Care Day, Hongkong Post has responded by increasing the number of designated post offices from four to 10, covering Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. This will enable more customers to participate this year. As a special gift to visiting customers on that day, all post offices will offer them a free Octopus cardholder while stocks last.
One of the key corporate values of Hongkong Post, namely "Care from the Heart", flourishes in the hearts of its staff. A voluntary organisation, the PostCare Club, has been formed by post office staff to offer community services to those in need. This year, a special activity organised by the PostCare Club is the delivery of free mooncakes to a group of retired miners residing in the Ma On Shan area. More than fifty elderly people live in this remote settlement and on September 11 the club members will visit them, deliver mooncakes among other commodities, and provide some enjoyable entertainment as well. While there, the enthusiastic volunteers will also use their skills to write letters for the miners.
Apart from the activities arranged for customers, Hongkong Post will also organise "Care from the Heart" programmes for staff and their families in support of the Love and Care Day. These include family visits to post offices, children's games and other fun-filled activities.
"The free delivery of local letters is a Hongkong Post activity very much in keeping with the 'Linking People' aspect of our corporate purpose statement, 'Linking People, Delivering Business'," Mr Choi said. "I am especially pleased to note the extra effort made by members of our PostCare Club. They have organised the delivery of mooncakes and daily commodities and have offered to write letters for the retired miners, on their own initiative and in their own time.
"Hongkong Post staff are very committed to the efficient running of the postal service and yet still find time to give something more to the community. They have taken our Care from the Heart service culture outside of our business and extended it to include those in our community who might not ordinarily be our customers. I am proud of our caring and devoted staff."
For full information about Love and Care Day and the One Person, One Letter programme, please ask at your local post office, or check out the Hongkong Post website at www.hongkongpost.com, or call the Hongkong Post Hotline 2921 2222.
Ends/Friday, September 2, 2005
Issued at HKT 19:00
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