China goods attract entrepreneurs LOL

[Magoichi Saika]

Nov 25, 2010

China goods attract entrepreneurs

By Goh Shi Ting, Multimedia Journalist, RazorTV

LOCAL entrepreneurs lapped up Made-in-China goods ranging from garments to Chinese tea and hardware parts at the China Sourcing Fair held at Suntec Convention Centre from 22nd to 24th November. Variety and competitive prices were reasons cited for these new businesses going the China way.

Said Mrs Ramakrishnan, an expat who just quit her job as a head-hunter and is looking to be her own boss: 'I'm looking for unique products that interest me and would give me ideas for a new business.' And she is not the only one attracted to the large range of Chinese supplies.

Ms Diana Soh, the Finance Head of a high-end fashion brand set to open store here next March, was also impressed by the variety of fabric from China and the top-notch quality of its silk material. But not everyone was all smiles at the trade fair. Find out what Chinese suppliers think about the Singapore market.

 

[Magoichi Saika]

This copy auntie sold 'designer' bags in HDB stalls

http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?t=80349&highlight=China+goods

SHE was the HDB copy auntie.

For a few years, she peddled a range of counterfeit branded bags in the heartlands.

Operating alone, she would turn up early and set up her makeshift stall, but always only for a day, just to avoid detection.

 

[Magoichi Saika]

A China-based website displays fake LVMH handbags as seen on a Reuters computer screen in Washington, September 10, 2010.

Fake foreign brand handbags are displayed inside a store at Baiyun World Leather Market in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, September 28, 2010.

Offcuts of leather dumped in a refuse skip are seen close to a workshop where fake foreign brand handbags are made in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, September 30, 2010.


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[Magoichi Saika]

Cheap electrical goods imported from China and Taiwan

http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?t=78591&highlight=China+goods

Harian Metro reported that a company was found to have falsified the Sirim sticker for the electrical goods imported from China and Taiwan. Following complains that cheap electrical goods often exploded, the enforcement unit of the Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ministry raided a warehouse in Desa Serdang and found the electronic and electrical goods did not have Sirim’s approval. The unit’s director Fahmi Kasim said a woman, in her 60s believed to be the storekeeper, was taken to the ministry’s office in Putrajaya to have her statement recorded. “The items seized during the raid included fans, ironing sets and water heaters,” he said.

 

[Magoichi Saika]

http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?t=76695&highlight=China+goods

Chinese Counterfeits Costly to US Economy

Oct 5, 2010 Last Updated: Oct 5, 2010

The United States must make China accountable for its violations of World Trade Organization trade rules, according to testimony from industry and government experts before a Congressional-Executive Commission on China held last month.

“The question posed by the Commission is ‘Will China Protect Intellectual Property?’” said Thea Mei Lee, deputy chief of staff at the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, before the Commission.

American entrepreneurs in the movie, software, and electronic industry, including most U.S. manufacturing companies, have faced an ever increasing deluge of counterfeit products for which they hold intellectual property rights.

Many U.S. experts say that China must give the world more than just lip service, especially if it continues to steal propriety information from its trading partners.

 

[Magoichi Saika]

http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?t=76292&highlight=China+goods

Oct 1, 2010
Beware unsafe fan clip

By Bryan Huang

Unguarded Electric Clip Fan. -- PHOTO: SPRING SINGAPORE

The plug and mains cord pose an electric shock hazard. -- PHOTO: SPRING SINGAPORE

(Clockwise from top left) Retail box of the electric clip fan, assembled fan, contents inside the box, back view, another view and marking on the fan. -- PHOTOS: SPRING SINGAPORE

A NON-REGISTERED electric clip fan found by Spring Singapore in routine market surveillance may cause injury or an electric shock, the agency said in a statement on Friday. The fan does not come with a fan guard, exposing the user to possible injuries from the turning blades. The fan is also a potential electric hazard as its two flat-pin plug does not fit the mains sockets here and its mains cord is not double-insulated, the statement said.

Spring said it had found only one retailer selling the unsafe fan. He had imported 100 pieces and sold 72 of them, while the remaining 28 pieces were removed. Consumers who have bought the fans are urged to return or dispose of them, Spring said. They can also seek a refund from the retailer.

Electric fans are among 45 categories of controlled goods which must be registered with Spring and issued with the Safety Mark before they can be sold on the market. Spring can require those trading in non-registered controlled goods to stop selling and recall the products. Offenders may also be fined up to $10,000 or jailed for up to two years, or both.

 

[no_faith]

Said Mrs Ramakrishnan, an expat

hey ah neh, dun act class lah, simi lj expat.:oIo:

such fair dun really attract entrepreneurs, ppl go there for cheap stuff tatz all.