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Three Truckloads of Exhibitor Samples Collected for Charity at Global Sources' China Sourcing Fairs

Global Sources
2007-05-18 17:47 1389

HONG KONG, May 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seventy-nine China Sourcing Fair exhibitors participated in Global Sources' (Nasdaq: GSOL) Care & Share charity program, donating three truckloads of trade show display samples to people in need.

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The display samples were donated by exhibitors following Global Sources' China Sourcing Fairs, April 12-15 and 20-23 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.

Non-profit Crossroads International will distribute the items to people affected by disaster, conflict and poverty around the world. Donated samples include toys, stationery, housewares, furniture and playground equipment.

Global Sources Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "This is the third time we've organized the Care & Share charity program and it continues to grow. This April, even more China Sourcing Fair exhibitors opened their hearts to people less fortunate."

Director of Crossroads International, Sally Begbie, said: "These items will have an important impact on the communities and people we serve. We're always very appreciative of the generosity of China Sourcing Fair exhibitors."

Lists of participating donors are available at:

-- Electronics & Components

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-ELECTRONICS/CHARITY.HTM

-- Fashion Accessories

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-FASHION/CHARITY.HTM

-- Underwear & Swimwear

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-UNDERWEAR-SWIMWEAR/CHARITY.HTM

-- Gifts & Home Products

http://tradeshow.globalsources.com/TRADESHOW/HONGKONG-GIFTS/CHARITY.HTM

For more information about the China Sourcing Fairs, visit http://www.chinasourcingfair.com . Details about Crossroads International are available at http://www.crossroads.org.hk .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 600,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more than 150,000 suppliers annually through 13 online marketplaces, 12 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and nine specialized trade shows which run 22 times a year across seven cities.

Suppliers receive more than 13 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 36 years. In mainland China it has over 1,700 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.

About Crossroads International

Established in 1995, Crossroads International ( http://www.crossroads.org.hk ) is a registered non-profit corporation which receives goods and re-distributes them to people in need, locally and internationally. Goods donated will be distributed by Crossroads to registered welfare organizations for the orphans, elderly, handicapped or disaster victims. Crossroads will not sell any donated goods.

Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:

Camellia So

Tel: +852-2555-5021

Email: cso@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:

Eddie Heng

Tel: +65-6547-2850

Email: eheng@globalsources.com

Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:

James W.W. Strachan

Tel: +1-602-978-7504

Email: strachan@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:

Moriah Shilton & Cathy Mattison

Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.

Tel: +1-415-433-3777

Email: cmattison@lhai.com

Source: Global Sources
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