The Directorate General of Posts (DGP) has decided to extend the service's activities to include parcel pick-up, in addition to deliveries. This is being done in the face of increasing competition from private mail-and-parcel-service companies, a DGP spokesman said yesterday.
The spokesman said that state-run post offices, especially those in urban areas, have lost business to private companies, despite shortened intra-city delivery times of four hours and inter-city delivery times of six hours. While international express companies such as UPS and FedEx are doing well in Taiwan's market, newly established domestic express service firms, including the Taiwan Pelican Express, with its fleet of 470 vans and hundreds of motorcycles, are posing a serious threat to the Post Office. The spokesman said that the Post Office hopes to exploit its advantages of being a nationwide network -- such as having post offices in remote mountain and coastal regions. From today, the Post Office is offering a door-to-door parcel service for parcels weighing no more than 20kg.
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