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Unit 2
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• Before the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was
unified by King Abdul Aziz Al-Saudi in
1932, there was no national postal
service. There used to be mail services In
different regions but they were limited
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• Today, a very advanced postal system
has been developed in Saudi Arabia. The
system, managed by the Saudi Post
Establishment (SPE), has grown a lot in a
short time.
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• Since 1970, the quantity of mail handled
by the postal service has increased
almost nine times. For example, in 1986,
it handled about 713 million items
compared
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• with 80 million in 1970. In 1986, also,
79, 783, 590 stamps with a value of
SR 46.98 million were sold in the
Kingdom.
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• This huge quantity of mail must be
processed. In the past, letters used to
be sorted by hand. Nowadays,
computerized sorting machines in
Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam
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• can each handle 30,000 letters per hour
Over 600 post offices provide postal
services to about 4,000 towns and
villages. Soon, these services will reach
another 1,200 villages.
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• A postal code system, introduced in
1983, helps to speed delivery.
• Inside Saudi Arabia, letters arrive about
48 hours alter they posted. It takes from
three to five days for foreign malt to
arrive.
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The SPE introduced an express mail
service in 1984. This service handled
260.290 items in 1985 compared with
525,940 items in 1986. Express mail
can be received in 26 Saudi towns,
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and Saudi Arabia has been linked by
this service to the United States and
more than 35 countries in Asia,
Europe and Africa.
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Another new service is electronic mail This
mail can reach the receiver in seconds
via a telecommunications network.
Several Saudi cities and foreign
countries, including the U.S.A, Britain,
Egypt, Qatar and Japan,
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have been connected by electronic mail The
SPE may enlarge the system by using
satellites. The SPE intends to keep its
services as modern as possible. Therefore,
we can look forward to even faster and
more efficent mail delivery in the future.
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• Answer the following questions in your
copybook:
1. How many letters can Dammam handle per
hour?
2- What was wrong with postal service in
Arabia before 1932?
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3-How much has the mail increased since
1970?
4-How long does it take for a letter posted
in a foreign country to reach Riyadh?
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5-How many foreign countries can you
send express mail to?
6-How long does it take for electronic mail
to reach Japan7
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