Updated: 12/12/2012 01:19

Singpost gears up for festive season with more collection trips and manpower

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Starting this Saturday, SingPost will be beefing up its operations for the festive peak.

There will be additional collection trips made on the remaining two Saturdays before Christmas,to collect mail from the some 800 post boxes island-wide.

There will be special deliveries on the 15th and 22nd so that people can receive their gifts on time.

Additional sorters have also been engaged to help expedite the processing of all inbound and outbound mail items.

Singpost advises customers to post greeting cards and presents early to avoid delays due to the holiday season rush at the country of destination.