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February 8, 2010

The Lunar New Year period for Asian countries is shown in the following table. Please be aware that there may be delays in mail delivery during this period.

Country/Region	Lunar New Year period	Switching Center Operations	Customs Operations	Delivery Operations	Investigative Operations	Reference
Korea	Saturday, 13 February - Monday, 15 February	△	△	×	×	Switching Center and Customs Operations only will take place on Saturday, 13 February.
China	Saturday, 13 February - Friday, 19 February	○	○	△	○	Mail addressed to corporate bodies will not be delivered during the Lunar New Year period.
Taiwan	Saturday, 13 February - Sunday, 21 February	△	△	△	△	EMS operations will take place throughout the whole Lunar New Year period, and certain delivery operations for small postal packages and ordinary mail will also take place as set out below. Small postal packages Saturday, 13 February (delivery only) Thursday, 18 February and Sunday, 21 February (switching center operations only) Friday, 19 February (all operations) Ordinary mail Thursday, 20 February and Sunday, 21 February (switching center and customs operations only)
Hong Kong	Saturday, 13 February - Sunday, 16 February	○	△	×	×	Customs operations will not take place on Sunday, 14 February.
Macau	Monday, 15 February - Wednesday, 17 February	×	×	×	×	On Wednesday, 17 February, only EMS services will be provided.
Vietnam	Saturday, 13 February - Thursday, 18 February	△	△	△	△	On Wednesday, 17 February and Thursday, 18 February, in the case of EMS, deliveries will be made only to private individual addressees. On Sunday, 14 February, delivery of all small postal packages and ordinary mail will take place.
Malaysia	Sunday, 14 February - Tuesday, 16 February	×	×	×	×
Singapore	Sunday, 14 February - Tuesday, 16 February	×	×	×	×

【Legend】○: ordinary mail; △: certain operations; ×: no operations