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Chinese Business Hard Hit by Global Financial Crisis

The latest percussion of the global financial crisis has been felt in China with 7,000 workers with two toy-making factories being forced into unemployment in Guangdong Province.

Smart Union Group (Holdings) Limited, a toy-making company that had gone public with Hong Hong bourse, was forced to close its twof actories in Zhangmutou Township, Dongguan City, Wednesday.

The two factories had been doing business such as producing toys on an OEM (original equipment manufacturers) basis for three of the world's five traders, including the U.S-based Mattel. Most of their products were sold to the United States.

Trading of the company's shares were called off temporarily on the same day.

Dongguan, a city which has found its wealth by offering export-oriented processing services, has been producing a half of toys made in Guangdong, a global key toy making base. It has been having a bad time since the beginning of the year, specially with the toy-making sector as a result of rising raw materials and labor costs.

Xu Hongfei, deputy chief of Zhangmutou Township Government, claimed the two factories were closed because of the ongoing international financial crisis.

"A serious problem occurred with the circulating capital as Smart Union's shares were pulled out of trading Wednesday," said Xu, who said workers with the two factories didn't get paid since August.

"We were making toys on Tuesday, and we didn't know the boss had gone into hiding until Wednesday," said Du Haiqun, one factory worker, who added they didn't know what to do at the sudden closure of their factory.

Xu admitted they had been trying to contact the boss of both factories, but couldn't get through.

According to Xu, Zhangmutou Township Government has pumped 23 million yuan and started to pay the workers' salaries for the boss as of Friday.

In the meantime, the township government has also been contacting two other local businesses to help hire some of the workers who became jobless because of two Smart Union factories' closure. (Source: Xinhua)

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Hainan Airlines wants to fly passengers to an LPGA tournament

(Source: Star Bulletin) Hainan Airlines has put in an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for a one-time charter flight from Honolulu to Hakou, China, in October.

The application from Grand China Air Ltd., the holding company for Hainan Airlines, is for a single round-trip flight on an Airbus 330-200 between October 19 and 21.

The purpose of the charter flight is to take passengers to an LPGA golf tournament, according to Joel Chusid, Hainan's general manager for North America.

"We'll be taking people from Hawaii to Hainan," said Chusid. "It's a strictly one-time deal."

Chusid estimated between 80 to 90 passengers would be on the charter flight, although the airplane's total capacity is 213 seats.

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If approved, it would be Hawaii's first direct charter flight between Honolulu and Hakou, China, which comes several months after a memorandum of understanding went into effect June 17 allowing Chinese leisure travelers to travel to the U.S. in group leisure tours.

Although this flight transports passengers from Hawaii to China, the state is hoping it will open doors in the future.

Mega Global Airway, a Beijing-based charter company which had announced in May that it was launching six weekly nonstop flights to Honolulu this year, has not yet moved forward with its plans.

Mega Global President Edmond Xia could not be reached for comment.

"Mega has not yet materialized," said state tourism liaison Marsha Wienert, who added that there are no additional confirmed charter flights from China.

Wienert, however, said the application by Hainan Airlines is a good start.

"Once this flight actually happens next month, it can show Hainan Airlines they can have the capability of doing charters," she said. "We will continue working with them to see if we can encourage them to do additional charter flights."

Hainan Airlines, founded in 1993 on the island of Hainan on China's south coast, is a private airline backed by international financiers such as George Soros,

Hainan describes itself as China's fourth largest carrier, with 500 routes that go from Beijing to Seattle; Budapest, Hungary; Brussels, Belgium; Osaka, Japan; Macau; and St. Petersburg, Russia, with nonstop flights to Berlin being the most recent addition.

Chusid said a new route to Honolulu is not a consideration at this time.

"We've looked at the market, but it's not quite mature yet for us," said Chusid. "The outbound business from China is just now starting to develop."

The Grand China Air LPGA - the first LPGA event in China - is scheduled for October at the Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou, and is expecting Annika Sorenstam and Tseng Yani to be among 63 female world golfers competing for $1.8 million.

Asia's Biggest Electronics Fair Opens in Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition) 2008 starts today at two venues - the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center (HKCEC) and the Hong Kong Exhibition Center - and will last until Thursday.

More than 2,600 exhibitors from 29 countries and regions, occupying over 3,800 booths, display their latest products and technologies at the event organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).

In addition to returning group pavilions from China and South Korea, new exhibitors including those from Canada, the Czech Republic, France and the United Arab Emirates will present their products at the show.

For the first time, the exhibition is expanded to occupy the Hong Kong Exhibition Center in the China Resources Building adjacent to HKCEC that will include the debut of a special sector - the In-Vehicle Electronics & GPS Zone.

The new zone was developed in response to the rapid growth in the industry sector and showcases the latest products from about 60 exhibitors that make auto equipment ranging from car entertainment, parking sensors, security devices, Blue tooth products and GPS units.

In 2008 the fair again has zones such as the popular Hall of Fame, featuring branded goods and stylish electronic products, Digital World, Home Tech for home appliances, home security products and personal care electronics, and the Technology Exchange Zone featuring breakthrough concepts and prototypes from Hong Kong research institutes, universities and tech incubator companies.

Exhibits at the Autumn Edition include audiovisual products, electronic accessories, home appliances, multimedia and electronic gaming, security products, telecommunications and more.

The section of Product Demo & Launch Pad at the fair is set up to help exhibitors introduce their latest products and services.

The fair attracted more than 58,000 buyers from 160 countries and regions in 2007. It is serving as a sourcing platform and a forum of information exchange as well as a showcase for new products this year, organizers said.

"The fair provides a perfect platform for releasing new designs, getting customer feedback and enhancing mutual communication," said Wes Hsu, director and vice-president of Airlux Electrical Co Ltd from Chinese Taiwan, which was one of the exhibitors at last year's fair.

The largest fair of its kind in Asia and the second--largest in the world, the fair is an important industry event with manifold business opportunities, participants said.

"This is my sixth year at the fair and the event seems to be growing every year," Terry Stone, general manager of Tempo (Aust) Pty Ltd, Australia, said during the 2007 event.

"I have seen a lot of improvements, especially new designs in audio-visual products, kitchenware and small electrical appliances," said Stone, who added he met many suppliers at the fair.

A concurrent event is electronicAsia, the region's leading trade event for all kinds of components, assemblies, electronic production and display technologies, and which also includes the special World of Display Technology themed zone.

Now in its 12th edition, electronicAsia features over 560 exhibitors and 700 booths from 17 countries and regions and is a valuable accompaniment to the HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition).

Hong Kong has long been linked with the electronics business and the city continues to be a leading light in this industry.

Hong Kong's sales of electronic products continue to soar- electronics exports grew by 10.5 percent to 87.7 billion U.S.dollars in the first six months of 2008 in comparison with the same period in 2007.

The two world-class events will bring more than 3,100 exhibitors and 4,500 quality booths.

(Source: China Daily)

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