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After the recent reports on health hazardous related products manufactured in China, next time, during your shopping, would you think twice about products "Made in China"? ---------- Source: http://wineanddine.asiaone.com/Wine%252CDi...0831-23732.html Chocolates to make your skin crawl Aug. 30 - A maggot-filled box of chocolates has raised further concern about the quality of products ''Made in China.'' A South Korean consumer bought a box of imitation Ferrero Rocher during a visit to China. When he opened them back home he found they were infested with maggots. Crawling among the wrappers were dozens of maggots - identified by an expert as the larvae of a small moth. The chocolates - imitation Ferrero Rocher - were bought in China. When the buyer contacted the manufacturer they said he would only get a refund if he took the box back. Consumer rights experts also say proving the contamination occurred at source could be a problem. But even without proof it means more damage to China's already tarnished reputation.

Another scary news... Chopsticks picked up in new China scare Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:44 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing factory sold up to 100,000 pairs of disposable chopsticks a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of food and product safety scares. Counterfeit, shoddy and dangerous products are widespread in China, whose exports have been rocked in recent months by a spate of safety scandals, ranging from pet food to medicine, tires, toothpaste and toys. Officials raided the factory and seized about half a million pairs of disposable bamboo chopsticks and a packaging machine, the Beijing News said in a story headlined "Dirty Chopsticks." The owner, identified only by his surname Wu, said he had sold the chopsticks for 0.04 yuan a pair and made an average of about 1,000 yuan ($130) a day. Wu, who had no license to sell the goods, said he had sold 100,000 pairs a day when business was good. China lacks the manpower to enforce food and drug safety regulations at home or for export. Imports are generally carefully scrutinized. Shao Mingli, the country's food and drug watchdog chief, conceded that in recent years the safety situation had "indeed been relatively grim." But in a posting on the central government's Web site (www.gov.cn), Shao vowed it would take "about five years of hard work" to realize an "obvious turnaround" in management order and food and drug safety across the country. "The number of cases of fake food and drug products and criminal activities will be effectively curbed," Shao said. A lack of business ethics and a spiritual vacuum after China embraced economic reforms in the late 1970s have been blamed for unscrupulous business practices and corruption. In Guangzhou, capital of booming Guangdong province in south China, Mayor Zhang Guangning vowed to bankrupt serious violators of food and product safety. The Hong Kong owner of a Guangdong manufacturer at the centre of a recall of millions of Chinese-made toys by U.S. giant Mattel had committed suicide, according to Hong Kong media. China has said the world should have faith in the "made-in-China" label and that a spate of product recalls has been unfair, biased and politically motivated. "No country can guarantee their food to be 100 percent safe, but if one in 100 or even in 1,000 of our products has quality problems, we will deal with it seriously," Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said on Tuesday. "China strongly opposes (some countries) extending individual economic and trade problems, and thus conducting trade protection," Bo said in a report on the ministry's Web site (www.mofcom.gov.cn). In the latest in a series of tit-for-tat measures, China has accused the United States of exporting substandard soybean shipments to China and requested "effective measures" be taken.

Background... Known some of them will out mouldy crust and deepfreeze the lotus past and recycle next year. Keep recycling until sold. Known. use Sudan Red color to dye the egg yolk to make them brighter Now.. implemented Barcode system. You think it will work or just a wayang? Esp with a series of outrageous product recall time and again. Would u pay for them? Are you taking a risk? Or you just trust AVA random inspection?

10-Aug-2007 i was at sheng song supermarket buying some household items. after paying and walking a few step to the car-park a man wearing business shirt and pants. briefcase and a big gold watch. (rolex) with blue tooth on using a nokia n70. came to me. the 1st word he say is. don't worry i'm not here to make any sale or what. "i come all the way from china yesterday. and my luggage has been stolen. right now i do not have any place to say. I'm a manager in china of a jewelery company. u can't expect a manager to roam the night tonight right". he say he say don't worry i will not shortchange you. my parents will be flying in from china tomorrow morning to fetch me and will pay you back double. next time you come china Nanjing you can come my house and be a guest. so i ask. you travel all the way here alone? he say with my wife but she broke the crystal ball and is now with the business partner in Singapore to settle. so i say just now u say u lose your luggage now u say your wife broke the crystal ball. so what happen. "i just need a place to stay tonight and btw what much is a cheapest hotel here." i say around 60 bucks at Chinatown. i gave him $10 as i show him i only left with 10. he accept it and say can u give me some more?i'm afraid it will not be enough.. i will surely pay u back. don't worry. i ask how much u want. " don't mistaken me. i'm not here to conn you. how much u give i will gladly accept it." i say i left with $10. he say i can go with you to the atm and withdraw. u can have my hp or watch if you don believe me. so i say. ok i give u $100 i will keep yr phone for a day. he say if u trust me you dont have to even keep my phone. i can't possibly give him money and not keep any securely right. if he really got rob or whatever. he will put his fake watch and hp for my keeping what. but he didn't. I say i can help you call my friend who is a police to give you a place to stay for the night in 5-star hotel. he say don't need to trouble your friend. i'm sure police have alot of more important thing to do. as i take my hp out from my pocket to call my dad he immediately say thank you very much sir. thinking i call the police. he immediately fly off the place. i stop him and give his all Chinese name card back to him. as i'm waiting for my dad to fetch me from the loading and unloading bay. i told him about this man and obviously got a scolding saying i have been cheated. we sat at the car for awhile. about 10min later i saw that same man with another man this time. Angry and thinking it's his accomplice . i follow them. this accomplice went into the supermarket. bought a sweet. use a $50 to change. went out and gave the man 20bucks. immediately i want to embrasses him to let the man know he has been con. i went towards him and say. have you got enough money already? he say now have 30. need another 30. and quickly speed off with his legs. this fellow Singaporean in his early 20's look at me and ask you know him? i say he say he has been rob and have no place to stay. yah he also say he got rob and walk off. sorry that my eng is horrible. wonder any bros here encounter similar problem before

Hi. This morning as I pass by Lor 8 Toa Payoh, saw a lot of balloons at the former Renault Commercial Vehicle sale center. Stop and check and discovered that they are promoting China vehicles both the saloon car and van. The saloon cars comes by the name of "SOYAT" and the van are known as "DFM". Both brands are under the AD of Exclusive Auto who for what I know, selling Renault brand. For DFM, is konw as Dong Fang Motor but for SOYAT - ??? I think I drop by tomorrow (after my sleep after night shift) to test drive the vehicle. Look tempting from outside. The showroom is just one building away from Subaru showroom. Lor 8, Toa Payoh.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/02/business/02toys.php Mrecalls one million toys By Louise Story Wednesday, August 1, 2007 Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, is recalling nearly one million toys in the United States Wednesday because the products' surfaces are covered in lead paint. According to Mattel, all the toys were made by a contract manufacturer in China. The recall, the second biggest this year involving toys, covers 83 different products, manufactured between April 19 and July 6. Many of them feature "Sesame Street" and Nickelodeon characters

Just read in the local news here that Skoda China released a 1.8TFSI version. If only they released that here in Singapore.

Check it out! http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/05/26/se...xt-month-maybe/

China Corolla G10 Looking better than Jap version - KNS ~

Wondering if they will be re-introducing the new Galant back to Singapore... I think it looks much better than the new Honda Accord..

I notice that despite the close proximity of Hong Kong to China, there are no import of China Cars to Hong Kong. Instead we see a steady stream of China Cars making its way into Singapore. Can we infer that 1. Singapore cars are generally expensive and to compensate this, authorities allow cheaper imports so that more people can own cars unfortunately many here disagree that cars are expensive in Singapore 2. some hanky panky (so sorry no panties got exchanged) deal with china, so china cars can enter singapore

YouTube Vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9RbZyrJQ4g http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/brillia...s-anything-but/

Latest news...18" GSD3 now comes from China...no more german ones... going for $260 per/pc or thereabouts...

ST 26/4 LESS than a year after Chery became the first China carmaker to enter the Singapore market, a fifth has joined the fray. Hafei Automobile, from China's north-eastern industrial city of Harbin, will launch two 1.1-litre models this weekend: the Lobo and the Minz. The Lobo is a hatchback while the Minz will be sold as a six-seater multi-purpose vehicle or a goods van. They will be distributed from a Kampong Ubi showroom by Hafei Automobile (Singapore), partly owned by Lian Fong Credit - the group which introduced the Chery nine months ago. A Singapore Hafei Automobile spokesman said the Lobo is likely to be priced at around $38,000 - some $5,000 more than the Chery QQ, which will retain the title of Singapore's cheapest car. The price of the Minz has not been fixed yet, but the spokesman indicated that it too will be costlier than the Chery. The cheapest non-China car on the market here is the Perodua Kelisa - a small hatchback going for $35,700. The Chinese invasion began in July last year, with Chery's debut. Geely followed in November, and Soyat and Dongfeng in January. The Straits Times understands that two more Chinese brands are due here this year. The Geelys are sold by entrepreneur Peter Kwee's Group Exklusiv - which also represents Soyat and Dongfeng. Although Hafei is set for this weekend's launch, its cars - and those of Soyat and Dongfeng - have not yet passed a Land Transport Authority inspection, without which they cannot be sold here. Both Chery and Geely have gone through the test and are chalking up good sales - largely because they are the cheapest cars in town. Today, there are more than 500 Cherys and 150 Geelys on Singapore's roads. In the first three months of this year, buyers here drove away with 230 Cherys and 121 Geelys. In the same period, 153 Peroduas, 711 Chevrolets and 1,062 Kias were sold - all slightly costlier. While the China car makes have made an encouraging debut, they have had their share of customer complaints. The most serious to date appears to be from finance and administrative assistant Koh Bee Leng, 30, who bought a $26,300 off-peak Geely CK in mid-February. Two days later, the battery indicator lamp lit up, prompting Ms Koh to send it for checks. No problem was found, but two weeks later the car would not start. It was towed to the workshop and the battery was replaced. However, the air-conditioner then sprang a leak and stopped working. It was repaired, but 'was not cold a week later'. It was back to the workshop once again when a window jammed. Ms Koh collected her car last Thursday, but by Sunday, 'the battery light started blinking again'. Mr Nicholas Ng, general manager for Mr Kwee's Geely business, said Ms Koh's case is an isolated one and that the company has made good to the customer. The Consumers Association of Singapore said it has not received any complaints about China cars.

Hi Everybody, Was doing some searching on the internet on china cars(Bored at work,nite shift some more)Whats ur opinion about china cars.Heard that at least 2 more china brands coming to singapore.ur opinion??

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Below are some news of the penetration of the Skoda brand into China, they are made by VW's China factory. So Skoda is becoming stronger in China. Also note that Skoda took over importing rights and duties and takes care of thier 70 over dealerships in China.

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The following Top 20 data for 2006 taken from Autospies website. CheryQQ and Geely alot of sales leh.... Make Model # Sold In 2006 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA 176,844 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 169,716 CHERY QQ 132,019 FAW N3 129,258 BUICK EXCELLE 127,923 HONDA ACCORD 123,853 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT 113,762 NISSAN TIIDA 110,614 CHERY COWIN 101,265 VOLKSWAGEN SANTANA3000 82,617 VOLKSWAGEN SANTANA 80,291 TOYOTA COROLLA 80,052 FORD FOCUS 79,748 GEELY FREECRUISE 70,989 KIA CERATO 69,106 HAINAN-MAZDA FAMILY 65,800 AUDI A6 63,354 TOYOTA CAMRY 61,261 HONDA FIT 59,234 GEELY ULIO 58,582

LIFAN 520 21.8km/l for the 1.6l manual 23.2km/l for the 1.3l manual Puts the 1.6l G9 Corolla and 1.4l Honda Jazz to shame. Very impressive indeed. When will this model be launched?

See the pictures and you know who had won. **Picture copied from Appledaily(HK)**

Will we be seeing China made Toyotas in the next 5-10 yrs? http://www.faw.com/international/toyota.jsp

Read in todays ST Home that Peter Kwee(Entrepenur)is going to bring in 2 more China cars.Dongfeng is going to have an MPV and 2 goods vehicles.Soyat will have an SUV and a Kangoo-style van.Any opinions?