Firms decline to take part in fair


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 03 Apr 2003

THE Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak has caused many Malaysian businessmen to cancel participation in a trade fair in China, one of the countries affected by the illness. 

Nanyang Siang Pau reported that the annual Spring Trade Fair in Guangzhou used to attract over 100 companies from Malaysia, but this year, of the 135 companies which had signed up for the event scheduled for April 15-20, only 14 had decided to go. 

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