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HONGKONG POST CHRISTMAS AIR MAIL – LAST DATES FOR POSTING 2007

The last dates of posting for airmail (letters, cards, packets and parcels) intended for delivery before Christmas Day are shown below. While the dates are provisional, they are worked out based on the requirements of overseas postal administrations. These dates are subject to availability of flight services and may be altered at short notice. The public are advised to post earlier than the dates shown.

DESTINATION	LETTERS & CARDS	PARCELS & PACKETS	DESTINATION	LETTERS & CARDS	PARCELS & PACKETS
ASIA and MIDDLE EAST
Bahrain	15.12.07	14.12.07	Nepal	10.12.07	10.12.07
Bangladesh	13.12.07	13.12.07	Oman	15.12.07	15.12.07
Brunei Darussalam	13.12.07	13.12.07	Pakistan	14.12.07	12.12.07
China, Mainland	10.12.07	10.12.07	Philippines	7.12.07	5.12.07
India	10.12.07	10.12.07	Saudi Arabia	13.12.07	13.12.07
Indonesia	12.12.07	11.12.07	Singapore	14.12.07	13.12.07
Iran	13.12.07	13.12.07	Sri Lanka	10.12.07	10.12.07
Israel	8.12.07	8.12.07	Syria	14.12.07	10.12.07
Japan	13.12.07	11.12.07	Taiwan	12.12.07	8.12.07
Jordan	15.12.07	10.12.07	Thailand	12.12.07	7.12.07
Korea, South	15.12.07	15.12.07	United Arab Emirates	14.12.07	14.12.07
Lao PDR	15.12.07	15.12.07	Vietnam	15.12.07	13.12.07
Lebanon	8.12.07	8.12.07	Yemen	13.12.07	13.12.07
Malaysia	12.12.07	10.12.07	Other countries in Asia
Myanmar	12.12.07	12.12.07	and Middle East	11.12.07	8.12.07
AMERICA (NORTH, CENTRAL & SOUTH ) and the CARIBBEAN
Argentina	8.12.07	8.12.07	USA	13.12.07	10.12.07
Brazil	13.12.07	13.12.07	Uruguay	8.12.07	8.12.07
Canada	11.12.07	11.12.07	Venezuela	6.12.07	3.12.07
Chile	7.12.07	6.12.07	The Caribbean:
Costa Rica	8.12.07	8.12.07	Bahamas	13.12.07	13.12.07
Cuba	12.12.07	12.12.07	Barbados	7.12.07	10.12.07
Ecuador	17.12.07	17.12.07	Jamaica	13.12.07	7.12.07
Guatemala	12.12.07	10.12.07	Netherlands Antilles	8.12.07	8.12.07
Guyana	10.12.07	14.12.07	and Aruba
Mexico	10.12.07	8.12.07	Trinidad and Tobago	7.12.07	12.12.07
Panama	13.12.07	13.12.07	Other countries in America
Peru	8.12.07	8.12.07	and the Caribbean	7.12.07	7.12.07
EUROPE
Austria	15.12.07	13.12.07	Malta	4.12.07	5.12.07
Belgium	15.12.07	15.12.07	Montenegro	7.12.07	7.12.07
Cyprus	13.12.07	13.12.07	Netherlands	15.12.07	15.12.07
Czech	12.12.07	8.12.07	Norway	15.12.07	10.12.07
Denmark	13.12.07	13.12.07	Poland	13.12.07	13.12.07
Estonia	11.12.07	11.12.07	Portugal	13.12.07	7.12.07
Finland	14.12.07	14.12.07	Romania	12.12.07	8.12.07
France	14.12.07	14.12.07	Russia	14.12.07	8.12.07
Germany	8.12.07	5.12.07	Serbia	7.12.07	7.12.07
Gibraltar	10.12.07	10.12.07	Slovakia	10.12.07	10.12.07
Greece	10.12.07	1.12.07	Spain	15.12.07	15.12.07
Hungary	14.12.07	14.12.07	Sweden	15.12.07	6.12.07
Iceland	12.12.07	6.12.07	Switzerland	15.12.07	14.12.07
Ireland	15.12.07	14.12.07	Turkey	12.12.07	12.12.07
Italy	13.12.07	13.12.07	United Kingdom	15.12.07	8.12.07
Latvia	8.12.07	5.12.07
Lithuania	8.12.07	8.12.07	Other countries in Europe	15.12.07	14.12.07
OCEANIA
Australia	12.12.07	12.12.07	New Zealand	12.12.07	12.12.07
Fiji	13.12.07	13.12.07	Papua New Guinea	5.12.07	5.12.07
French Polynesia	5.12.07	5.12.07	Solomon Islands	7.12.07	7.12.07
Nauru Islands	6.12.07	6.12.07	Tonga	8.12.07	8.12.07
New Caledonia	10.12.07	10.12.07	Other countries in Oceania	10.12.07	10.12.07
AFRICA
Botswana	10.12.07	10.12.07	Nigeria	15.12.07	15.12.07
Congo (Dem. Rep. of)	12.12.07	12.12.07	Reunion	15.12.07	15.12.07
Cote d'Ivoire	7.12.07	3.12.07	Seychelles	11.12.07	11.12.07
Egypt	17.12.07	15.12.07	Sierra Leone	7.12.07	5.12.07
Gambia	5.12.07	5.12.07	South Africa	8.12.07	8.12.07
Ghana	13.12.07	13.12.07	Sudan	7.12.07	10.12.07
Kenya	12.12.07	5.12.07	Swaziland	11.12.07	11.12.07
Lesotho	26.11.07	26.11.07	Tanzania	10.12.07	10.12.07
Madagascar	8.12.07	8.12.07	Uganda	10.12.07	3.12.07
Malawi	1.12.07	1.12.07	Zambia	1.12.07	1.12.07
Mauritius	11.12.07	11.12.07	Zimbabwe	7.12.07	7.12.07
Morocco	15.12.07	7.12.07
Mozambique	10.12.07	10.12.07	Other countries in Africa	1.12.07	27.11.07