IT is not fully representative of the general view, said Andrew Hong, executive director of the Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association, of the 23 out of 30 responses he received from members calling for an endorsement of the Istanbul Declaration thats demanding a three-year extension to the textile quota system under the Multi Fibre Agreement.
Hong said that he was still in the process of collecting data, although many of the associations over 400 members appear to be still undecided. As an association, we must be guided by what our members want, he said.