"the world's flower market worth US$97.2 billion. ... Kelvin Neil B. Manubay, president of the Philippine Orchid Society (POS)... of the amount the country gets... a share of about 0.02 per cent annually. ... Manubay noted that 487 foreigners from South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand have visited the Philippines to look at the country's conservation of orchids and its various species.
However, the foreign experts, Manubay said, still saw the orchid industry in the Philippines as not being supported enough by the government. The POS president believes that the country will be able to penetrate the world's multibillion-dollar flower industry if the government will support the industry, given that the Philippines has shown its orchids abroad, particularly in Singapore and Japan. Manubay is also asking the government to reconsider the restrictions [???] in the orchid industry and the flower industry as a whole to facilitate its growth." Article URL : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/entertainment/view/228439/1/.html ********* Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
