Sat, Mar 29, 2003 - Page 10 News List

SARS fears prompt trip cancellations

CANCELLATIONS Travelers are expected to shun Taiwan because of disease worries. However, the China External Trade Development Council believes the country is safe

By Bill Heaney  /  STAFF REPORTER

"We canceled the trip as a lot of the members said they were concerned about SARS," he said.

And Taiwan's largest tech company, Acer Inc, has banned trips across the Taiwan Strait.

"Acer Inc is advising employees to communicate via various means, such as video conferencing, the best we can, and forbidding travel to Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Guangzhou," Henry Wang (汪島雄), Acer's senior director of public relations, said in an e-mail. "We are also asking those employees needing to travel to other cities in mainland China to transfer flights via Tokyo instead of Hong Kong and Macau for the time being. Employees are asked to remain cautious."

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