New Zealand (AP) - snail mail may get more slowly in New Zealand. Considering cutting the country's postal services on day 3, to reduce costs, because more and more people turn to the Internet, they pay the bills and communication.
4.5 million island, in many countries, trying to maintain a viable postal services. In the past ten years, in New Zealand mail volume dropped 24%, and 25% in the next five years is expected to decline.
New Zealand post, the government-owned institutions, transfer mail, on Tuesday proposed changes its articles of association, will need at least 3 days of delivery, rather than 6. Now the proposal is open to public opinion, and in the next year is unlikely before implementation.
The size of the cut may have moved some consumers and trade union representatives postal workers, saying, "this will spend hundreds of jobs, and damaged the integrity of the postal system.
However, may be another sign is changing times, many people seem ready to accept reduce service.
In the New Zealand herald unscientific poll, 50% of respondents said they will be fine for three days a week delivery, because they didn't get much mail anyway. One hundred and eighty percent of respondents said they would not be happy with the change, while 32% of respondents said the postal agency should cut only Saturday delivery.
In an interview with the Associated Press, New Zealand postal chief executive Brian roche said, if his agency and reduce delivery 3 days a week, he instinctively will be implemented at cut with the passage of time and not to create for the customer provides the biggest affirmation.
"The biggest problem is the Internet, Roche said." "It is everyone's part of daily life, and then send the message to each other through the words, facebook, email and mobile strong physical network from consumption replace all challenged."
He said, the agency, has about 7000 employees to sort and send mail, will seek through natural wastage and relocated to minimize layoffs, although he admitted that hundreds of may lose their jobs.
In the recent annual report, New Zealand postal record a profit of 170 million New Zealand dollar (about 142 million yuan). But, because of its investment in Banks and express service. The postal service is still profitable, although it is estimated that by 2016 began to lose money.
Roche said, many other countries will be New Zealand as a test case, if it doesn't realize such cutting. He said, Denmark in recent years to make a similar cut, after delivery activities, let people switch to digital mail.
The United States postal service, the company said it has cut its career workforce of 168000 yuan, or 24%, since 2006, mail fell. But the agency cut their delivery obligations, from six days a week five suggestion has proved controversial, and has not passed either house of congress.



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