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(China Daily)Updated: 2006-11-20 08:55
Postage increase
The State Postal Bureau has raised the prices for mailing letters and postcards.
Local letters weighing less than 100 grams will cost 0.8 yuan (10 US cents) for every 20 grams, up from 0.6 yuan (8 US cents), the bureau announced on its website.
Long distance letters weighing less than 100 grams will cost 1.2 yuan (15 US cents) per 20 grams, up from 0.8 yuan (10 US cents).
Sending postcards will also cost more, up from 0.6 yuan (8 US cents) to 0.8 yuan (10 US cents) each.
The bureau has not mentioned any change in the fee for international mail and other postal services such as parcels and Express Mail Service (EMS).
(China Daily 11/20/2006 page2)
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