Post office has contingencies for EU new mailing requirements

New procedures have been formulated to cope with future EU adjustments of mailing requirements, Lau Vai Meng, director of the Post and Telecommunication Bureau (CTT), has disclosed.

The EU has announced that adjustments would be made so that mail will need to be pre-declared for customs before being sent.

Lau said that there is a transitional period currently, and airlines will still accept mail without prior customs declarations. She added that her bureau is prepared for the enactment of the adjustments. Mailing stamps, meanwhile, will likely remain at current levels despite the anticipated new requirement.

On the availability of 5G services at the New Neighbourhood project on Hengqin Island, she said that current licenses issued to local telecom service providers are valid only in Macau. However, she added that many providers do have tariff plans that work in Macau, mainland China and Hong Kong, and that data usage will be shared and considered local usage. Despite that, the telecom official disclosed that the bureau is studying various possibilities, including but not limited to roaming services.

She revealed that, currently, there are over 1.2 million cellphone service users registered in Macau. The rate of growth of clientele in 5G services has been faster than other places. As of the end of June, the city has had about 338,000 5G users in Macau. AL