SHAH ALAM, July 30- Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek has pledged to champion the salary of Pos Malaysia staff especially postmen to keep up with the economic situation.
“This is important so that the postal industry which faces various new technological advancement remains relevant forever.
“I will champion their salary and plan to create a special award for postal staff to mark World Post Day to recognise their services,” he said at ‘buka puasa’ with Pos Malaysia Berhad management and orphans at the National Mail Centre (NMC) here, Monday.
Ahmad Shabery who was making his first visit to NMC said Pos Malaysia is synonymous with the people and capable of handling about four million mail daily.
He said Pos Malaysia’s main challenge was to ensure that all letters mailed to customers were delivered according to the standards promised.
“Pos Malaysia also need to ensure that data delivered by customers such as banks and courier companies has high confidentiality.”
Meanwhile, Pos Malaysia Berhad group chief executive officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said declining business forced Pos Malaysia to implement new services including e-commerce.
Worldwide mail and postal of goods decline between two and three percent annually.
Pos Malaysia handled about 1.3 million Aidilfitri greeting cards during the first two weeeks of Ramadan and the number increases as Aidilfitri nears.
Last year, Pos Malaysia processed about three million Aidilfitri greeting cards throughout Ramadan.
– BERNAMA
