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A probability model (PM) developed recently, which is an alternative to the conventional Havriliak-Negami (HN) dispersion function for polymer systems, is applied for the first time to the study of the dielectric alpha- and beta-relaxation of amorphous polyethylene terephthalate (PET). It has been found that the temperature dependence of the maxima of the imaginary part of the dielectric function and of the half-width of the distribution in the PM of the alpha-relaxation exhibit Vogel-Fulcher-type temperature behaviour; the temperature dependence of the maxima of the imaginary part of the dielectric function of the beta ation is proportional to the ratio of the gauche content to the trans content of the ethylene glycol linkages in PET. Finally, the mechanisms of the alpha- and beta-relaxation are elucidated concisely.