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Contact:
Christopher Satney
Monday, October 8, 2007 – The island's Postmaster General is tackling
head-on the problems associated with mail being returned to sender. Philomene
St. Claire said some Saint Lucians fail to address their letters properly and
because of this, letters never get to the people for who they are intended.
Miss St. Claire said a brochure, to show persons how exactly a letter should be
addressed, has been put together to coincide with the observance of World Post
day, today October 9th, 2007.
“When there is an error in an address of a letter, or if there is insufficient
addressing, your letter may never be delivered or may be delivered very late,
and there is nothing we can do about it. So we would like to highlight,
especially, the proper addressing of letters. Simple but yet very crucial to the
timely delivery of a letter. Your correspondents may send letter that is not to
your correct mailing address and may address it to your home address and we know
in Saint Lucia we do not have a home delivery and so we are employing our
customers, whether you are the addressee or sender please pay attention to
proper addressing,” the GPO Head said.
The Saint Lucia Postal Service, on this World Post Day to the theme “Stay
Connected,” is putting on a mini-exhibition for the general public throughout
this week, and will use that opportunity to distribute the brochures on proper
letter addressing. The exercise to be held at the General Post Office in
Castries will also see exhibits of commemorative and definitive stamps. Miss St.
Claire said the initiative is geared towards getting the public more familiar
with postal operations on the island.
She said, “It is not simply processing mail or selling of stamps as some people
may believe. We do a lot more at the post office and would like to bring that
public awareness to persons who would like to know more about our postal
operations.”
The General Post Office has also launch its new website,
www.stluciapo.org, to coincide with this
year's celebrations of World Post Day.
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