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Updated: 2001-10-26 01:00

Bin Laden, Bush Face Off at Hong Kong Toy Fair(2001/10/26)

布什、拉登香港玩具市场"大比拼" (2001/10/26)

Bin Laden, Bush Face Off at Hong Kong Toy Fair
Masks of Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush are on display at the Hong Kong International Toys & Gifts Show 2001, October 22, 2001. The masks are selling for US.90 each.[Reuters]

The most-wanted man on the US list, Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden, has turned up at the Hong Kong International Toys & Gifts Fair, or at least Halloween masks bearing his image have.

Toy makers are trying to cash in on the notoriety of the man the United States blames for the Sept. 11 attacks on Washington and New York, and say they hope his masks will be a big Halloween hit.

``We foresee that there will be a big market and people will buy these masks for Halloween or parties,'' said John Lui, assistant sales manager at Perfectech International Trading Ltd.

And to show that he is giving equal time to all the key figures in America's war on terrorism, Lui said the company planned to offer masks of President Bush.

Lui, donning the prototype bin Laden mask for reporters, said he did not think it would cause problems for wearers in the United States. ``I don't think so. It's just for fun,'' he said.

Also on display at Perfectech's booth were a toy gas mask and banners showing images of New York fire fighters and bearing slogans like ``God Bless America.''

Another booth was displaying masks of Bush, bin Laden and a horned devil, for sale at .90 each.

A third company, Continental Latex Industrial Ltd., was in talks with clients to produce Bush masks, but a representative said there were no plans to produce a bin Laden version.

The mask makers have not been the only Hong Kong companies to seek profit from the September attacks.

A cap maker said its October orders jumped 30 percent from a year earlier as its China factory produced hundreds of thousands of baseball caps bearing patriotic slogans such as ``United We Stand,'' ``God Bless America'' and ``We won't forget 9-11.''

(Agencies)

美国头号通缉犯本·拉在香港"亮相"了!随着万圣节的临近,香港国际玩具礼品市场上正在热销沙特富翁本·拉登头像的面具。

玩具制造商们想尽办法利用本·拉登,这位被美国认定为9·11恐怖事件制造者的恐怖主义头目的名气大赚一笔,他们希望这种本·拉登面具能够成为今年万圣节玩具市场上的亮点。

Perfectech国际贸易有限公司销售经理助理约翰·卢伊说:"我们预计拉登的面具会拥有巨大的市场,人们会乐于购买这些面具参加万圣节晚会或者其它化装晚会的。"

为了表示对此次美国反恐怖主义战争中的所有重要人物一视同仁,卢伊说该公司还计划生产美国总统布什的面具。

Bin Laden, Bush Face Off at Hong Kong Toy Fair
墨西哥一玩具店员工向人们展示该店中出售的本·拉登和布什模样的乳胶面具。[路透社照片]

卢伊戴上以本·拉登为原形的面具向记者展示,说公司不希望戴这种面具的顾客在美国会遇到麻烦。他说:"我认为不会的,大家只是戴着玩的。"

Perfectech公司的展台上还展出了一种防毒面具,广告横幅上印的是纽约消防员,还有"上帝保佑美国"之类的标语。

另一家公司的展台则展出了以布什、拉登、头上有角的恶魔为原形的面具,每个面具售价9.9美元。

另一家玩具制造公司大陆乳胶工业有限公司正在同客户洽谈生产布什面具的业务,但是该公司的一名代表称,他们目前还没有生产本·拉登的面具的计划。

事实上,9·11恐怖事件发生后,并非只有香港的面具制造公司在大发其财。

一家帽业公司称,由于他们中国大陆的工厂生产的棒球帽上都印有"团结起来,坚持到底","上帝保佑美国"和"我们永远不会忘记9·11"等爱国口号,该公司今年10月的帽子定单比去年同期增加了30%。

(中国日报网站译)

 
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