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Logo Posmen Komuniti Identifications Uniform Identification card Such great flexibility enables one PoW to be considered to be equal to five postal outlets. A PoW is able to reach out where other amenities like banks cannot operate. In rural areas where there is no banking facility, the community will often turn to the Permodalan Nasional (PNB) unit trust agency services provided by Pos Malaysia. The unit trust options become similar to banking functions to them. 10 PoWs are planned to be actively operational by 2012. 4 PoWs are currently fully operating and the number of patrons is growing fast as the service gains popularity. The remaining 6 PoWs are expected to be running by September 2011. Grueling journeys to the town just to patronize a post office will be something in the past for some fortunate rural villagers, thanks to these mobile post offices equipped with online access capabilities. Buntings Booths them to the villagers. This will supplement his income and travelling cost. Eventually a PK might end up becoming the most popular person in the village. As of April 2011, all 400 PK have already been appointed by Pos Malaysia. Wakil Pos Komuniti (WPK) The PTPSS aimed to appoint 1,000 WPK, equally divided between Sabah and Sarawak. A WPK receives an allowance of RM50 a month. Unlike the Posmen Komuniti, a Wakil Pos Komuniti does not deliver or collect mail from the post office. Instead his main function is as a drop-offpoint and caretaker for the mail. The PK will deliver mails to the WPK’s premises, either to their house, sundry shop or food stall. The villagers or the rumah panjang (long house) dwellers on the other hand, will then visit WPK to check if they have mail or not. They can do this almost every day since the WPKs live very near to them or in the same longhouse. The WPK will ensure that the mails are safely kept and not tampered with. Some WPKs have also, entirely voluntarily, taken the additional initiative of delivering mail to recipients at no additional cost. Not only are they proud to be appointed and entrusted as a WPK, they are voluntarily delivering mail because they realise that they are contributing to the wellbeing, interests and benefits of their own community. 575 WPK have been appointed so far. Light box signage Vehicle identification Pos-on-Wheels The Pos-on-Wheels (PoW) is a mobile post office. The specially modified vehicles are equipped with VSAT capability at the service cost of RM70,000 a year. VSAT is a two-way satellite to ground service that enables a PoW to conduct online services. A PoW provides all the postal and agency service transactions similar to that of a regular post office’s counter. A PoW will frequent at least 5 rural locations in a week. PoWs are stationed at the district post offices and travel to pre-determined locations to offer their services. Pos-on-Wheels ready to roll Positive Response from Citizens Thousand of hearts have been touched by the PTPSS. One of the villagers in Pulau Banggi, a retired army man, related his heartfelt appreciation when he received his first mail delivered at his home. It was just a normal bulletin from the Defense Ministry, received after years of leaving the corps. But the touchpoint impact was huge. Just by receiving that bulletin, he felt that the precious years of his life spent guarding our nation were appreciated. He felt that he was remembered. Thanks to the many innovative initiatives launched under the publicprivate partnership PTPSS, the goal of quality postal service inclusion in rural Sabah and Sarawak has taken a major step closer to reality. 18 .myConvergence
Table 1: PTPSS development status as at April 2011 by state SABAH SARAWAK Target Completed Target Completed POSMEN KOMUNITI 200 200 200 200 WAKIL POS KOMUNITI 500 279 500 296 POS-ON-WHEELS (PoW) 5 2 5 2 Table 2: Numbers and coverage of operating PoWs since March 2011 SABAH Base Service Points Base Kota Kinabalu 1. Kg. Moyog 2. Pekan Kawang 3. Kimanis 4. Sabindo 5. Bangunan Konsulat Indonesia 6. Pangkalan TLDM, Sepanggar 7. Grand Millennium, Penampang SARAWAK Service Points Kuching A 1. Sematan 2. Gedung, Serian 3. Balai Ringin, Serian 4. Kg. Santubong 5. Kg. Muara Tebas Sandakan 1. Sibunga Jaya 2. Batu 16 3. Taman Fajar 4. Batu 32 5. Batu Sapi 6. Bandar Indah 7. Pekan Sukau 8. Batu Putih Sibu 1. Selangau 2. Stapang 3. Sekuau 4. Durin Bazaar 5. Bawang Assan 6. Sungai Sadit 7. Penasu 8. Rantau Panjang 9. Pasai Siong Table 3: Coverage of PoWs expected to be operational by September 2011 Base SABAH Tawau 1. Kalabakan 2. Merotai 3. Umas-Umas 4. Balung 5. Semporna Service Points Base SARAWAK Service Points Kuching B 1. Sadong Jaya 2. Kg. Tun Razak and Balai Ringin 3. Penjara Pusat 4. Kg. Annah Rais Lahad Datu 1. Jericco 2. Silam 3. Sepagaya 4. Kg. Panji 5. Pekan Tangku Beaufort 1. Sindumin 2. Weston 3. Batu 4. Kota Kilas 5. Kerukan Sri Aman 1. Pekan Lachau 2. Kg. Batu Lintang 3. Taman Seri Jaya 4. Kg. Beladin Miri 1. Luak Bay 2. Kg. Bakam 3. Bakong 4. Simpang Bekenu 5. Simpang Batu Niah Items delivered by posmen komuniti from January to May 2011 Others 12% Others 12% Letter & Cards 87% Letter & Cards 87% From January to May 2011, a total of 700,000 items were delivered by posmen komuniti to the rural folks in Sabah and Sarawak Letter & Cards (87%) Others (12%) Registered Post (1%) Parcels (0%) PosLaju (0%) Express Post (0%) Letter & Cards (87%) Others (12%) Registered Post (1%) Parcels (0%) PosLaju (0%) Express Post (0%) Suhairi Hj. Salim can be contacted at suhairi.salim@cmc.gov.my .myConvergence 19
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