New Post Offices in Hama Expand Services for Citizens

Several new post offices were opened in Hama governorate this year, aiming to expand postal and financial services and facilitate citizens', especially pensioners', access to their dues without the hassle of frequent travel and long waits.

Hama Post Office Director Talha al-Shantout told SANA on Monday that the institution's offices provide urgent and fast postal services, postal and instant money orders, rental money orders, parcels, registered and ordinary letters domestically and internationally, in addition to renting post office boxes and selling stamps.

Al-Shantout noted that financial services include collecting and delivering pensions for retirees affiliated with the General Organization for Social Insurance and the Insurance and Pensions Institution, alongside withdrawals and deposits via "Sham Cash" and domestic financial transfers. He highlighted the development of the home salary delivery service and the increase in beneficiaries, with the number of registered pensioners exceeding 10,000.

Al-Shantout explained that the institution provides services to other entities, including extracting criminal record extracts, non-conviction certificates, and non-employment certificates, paying fees for the Virtual University, extracting land registry statements, and financial withdrawals via Commercial Bank and Real Estate Bank cards.

He added that the institution plans to launch civil registry services in several post offices in the governorate in the future, while the home salary delivery service will be reinforced with staff responsible for transferring dues to pensioners' residences immediately upon their arrival at the institution.

For his part, pensioner Ahmed Muhammad Qara Ahmad from Khatib town, one of the beneficiaries of the home salary delivery service, confirmed that it saves pensioners the hardship of travel, waiting, and overcrowding in post offices, facilitates their access to their dues, and reduces their burdens.

The Hama Post Directorate previously opened a post office in the town of Aqrab in the southern countryside of the governorate on October 28, aiming to expand the scope of postal and financial services and facilitate access for approximately 50,000 people in the town and surrounding villages.

Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)