MECHANICAL ARM FOR POSTMAN

The video reports on a new sorting office in London's West End, built at a cost of four and a half million pounds. It is the most advanced and mechanized in the country, using push-button techniques to reduce postal sorting costs. The office handles nine million letters and a quarter of a million parcels weekly, with destinations signaled to an electronic system. The new system is expected to save 90,000 pounds annually.

What is the cost of building and equipping the new sorting office in London's West End?

• Six million pounds

• Four and a half million pounds

• Three million pounds

• Five million pounds

How many letters does the sorting office handle weekly?

• One million

• Ten million

• Nine million

• Five million

What technology is used to direct parcels to their correct dispatch points?

• Manual sorting

• Barcode scanning

• Electronic brain

• RFID tags

Where are the bags sent after sorting?

• To the airport

• To a central warehouse

• To the mail vans or post office railway station

• Directly to customers

How much money is expected to be saved annually with the new system?

• 100,000 pounds

• 90,000 pounds

• 70,000 pounds

• 50,000 pounds