THE overall impact on China's economy from the recent outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) may be much smaller, and shorter-lived, than expected, Dr Philip Wong, 1st vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, believes.
The implementation of effective measures to battle the crisis that emerged in the second quarter this year, “helped subside a potential round of economic crisis”, he noted.
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