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Title: Will Kymco Philippines be affected....?
Post by: Vivo on May 20, 2013, 02:16:55 AM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22549847 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22549847)


Tensions between Philippines and Taiwan worsens... will Kymco Taiwan stop parts and scoots to be shipped here.... I hope not...   :'(

Title: Re: Will Kymco Philippines be affected....?
Post by: bleys on May 20, 2013, 01:15:54 PM

Wow, that sucks.  I think that it is primarily posturing, although having military ships on maneuvers does seem to indicate that Taiwan is seriously pissed.  However, Taiwan depends heavily on their exporting of manufacturing goods and I don't think limiting trade would be a viable option at this time.  Hope things get resolved soon.

Title: Re: Will Kymco Philippines be affected....?
Post by: ScooterCommuter on May 20, 2013, 04:11:55 PM

Hardly surprising. The squabble over the Spratlys and Paracels is kinda eternal

Title: Re: Will Kymco Philippines be affected....?
Post by: Vivo on May 21, 2013, 01:23:18 AM

And we have around 90,000 factory workers there mostly in the electronics industry... if they send them all home, I think they too will suffer...

@ScooterCommuter:  But this time, somebody actually got killed...

Title: Re: Will Kymco Philippines be affected....?
Post by: ScooterCommuter on May 21, 2013, 01:46:09 AM

Not the first on that one, Vivo, and probably not the last. Poor sucker was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Title: Re: Will Kymco Philippines be affected....?
Post by: Vivo on May 21, 2013, 01:59:23 AM

Well, at least they found out that bullying has its "rewards"...  ;)