New postal tariffs set

New postal tariffs set

JAKARTA (JP): The state-owned postal company PT Pos Indonesia
introduced new tariffs for several services yesterday to become
more competitive with banks and courier services in transferring
money and delivering packages, an executive said.

The company's president, Cahyana Achadjayadi, said before a
meeting at the Ministry of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications
that the previous tariffs were set in 1993.

Cahyana said that based on the company's new tariff structure,
effective since Sept. 1, the mailing cost for leaflets, brochures
and other printed matter is now Rp 300 (12 U.S. cents) per 50
grams, compared with Rp 100 per 20 grams.

He said that the cost of mailing printed matter weighing up to
500 grams from Jakarta to Irian Jaya, for instance, has been
reduced from Rp 3,500 to Rp 1,200.

Transferring money will now cost 50 percent less, while the
amount transferable has been raised from Rp 2.5 million to Rp 5
million.

The cost of delivering a two-kilogram package within the same
city has been lowered 36 percent to Rp 1,200 from Rp 1,900. (icn)