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Unit 2

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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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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,

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and Saudi Arabia has been linked by

this service to the United States and

more than 35 countries in Asia,

Europe and Africa.

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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,

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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.

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• 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?

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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?

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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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