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GLOBALIZING ASIA'S GOLF - With International Expertise and China's Leading Manufacturers Contact Debbie Sim (August 13, 2003) - On the 21st July 2003 at The Kerry Centre Hotel where the Official Launch of The PGA Show Asia - Trade & Industrial 2003, Beijing was held, a total of 140 specially hosted guests attended the Launch, including 50 Industry Players and 90 Media Representatives. The event certainly had the honour to have Trade Commissioners and various Embassy Representatives from the United States, Spain, Czechoslovakia and Hong Kong. The occasion was an afternoon of pertinent speeches delivered by Mr.Leslie Quahe, Director of The PGA Show Asia and President of PGA Golf Merchants Federation Asia, as well as by Mr. Xu Yuwei from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) - Beijing Sub Council. The sharing session with the guests included insights on both the present and future outlook of China's and Asia's golf economy given the region's current golfing boom and volatile industry movements. The Launch was also privileged to be graced by Mr. Darren Cribbes, Course and Landscape Manager of Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club, who is a member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America [GCSAA]. Mr Cribbes will also be actively involved in formulating the convention program for The PGA Show Asia - Convention 2003, Beijing, which will be held concurrently with The PGA Show Asia - Trade & Industrial 2003. |