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4. Next Previous 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

5. Next Previous 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.

6. Next Previous 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

7. Next Previous 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.

8. Next Previous 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

9. Next Previous 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.

10. Next Previous 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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12. Next Previous 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,

13. Next Previous and Saudi Arabia has been linked by this service to the United States and more than 35 countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.

14. Next Previous 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,

15. Next Previous 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.

16. Next Previous 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?

17. Next Previous 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?

18. Next Previous 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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