Three million letters per day

Three million letters per day

JAKARTA (JP): The Pasar Baru post office is expected to handle more than three million letters on Wednesday and Thursday in connection with the Islamic holiday of Idul Fitri which will fall on Friday and Saturday.

"This is fourfold the number we usually receive," head of the office, Sunarto Sudiono told Antara yesterday.

On regular days, he said, his office receives an average of 700,000 letters per day.

Sunarto said to overcome this "problem" his office has recruited 296 part time employees, including high school students and college students. The recruitment of the students is in line with the city's program of providing positive activities for students during their holidays, he added. (bas)