21.   Anwar urged the furniture industry, including designers, manufacturers, retailers and exporters, to raise the quality of design and construction, and to enhance marketability.

22.   Commenting on the prospects of the office furniture industry in Malaysia, Williams said that the changing mindset had helped the industry tremendously.

23.   DESPITE the current economic slowdown, Sindora Bhd is confident that it would be able to maintain its profitability given the growth in export of the furniture industry.

24.   Dr Lim also said he would recommend to the Chinese authorities to invest in the Malaysian furniture industry.

25.   He added that one of the companies in the furniture industry hopes to tie up with a Malaysian SMI.

26.   He also asked for the Malaysian furniture industry to begin putting products and people in Romanian factories since the country has a highly acclaimed international school of design.

27.   In Malaysia the furniture industry has been grouped together in one particular zone.

28.   In the medium to long term, the furniture industry should focus on strengthening its world market share and sustaining the competitive edge in producing higher value-added products.

29.   Itsproducts are mainly for the shoe, construction, automotive, furniture andelectronics industries.

30.   Malaysian Furniture Industry Council deputy president Richard Lee Kean See yesterday said the furniture industry was showing encouraging signs of being more export-oriented.