MEDIA STATEMENT

MALAYSIA PAVILION LEAFLET

Tourism Malaysia would like to clarify the issue of the Malaysia Pavilion leaflet which contained numerous errors. This was highlighted by YB Anthony Loke and was reported in a number of newspapers on 28 October 2010.

A check into the matter revealed that the original artwork for the leaflet contained no errors, but the mistakes were made during the printing process by a company in Shanghai, China. The company responsible for the printing of the leaflet has issued a letter of apology and expressed regret over the errors.

Tourism Malaysia goes to great lengths to present Malaysia as a premier tourist destination and we take pride in promoting Malaysia overseas. As such, we regret this oversight in the printing of the Malaysia Pavilion leaflet. We thank the public and the media for bringing this matter to our attention and will do our level best to ensure that such mistakes are not repeated.
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Issued by: Tourism Malaysia
Date: 29 October 2010
Contact: Director of Communications and Publicity Division
+603- 2615 8188; Fax: +603 26158299