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                    [Summary] => Cebu as the Furniture Design Destination of Asia is not a luminous but tenuous idea that withers when taken out for reality airing on Cebu’s implacably bright beaches. Or collapses under the strain of intense competition from other Asian countries, particularly Indonesia and China. It is not a far-fetched goal, but something enticingly within reach. A professional group in Cebu called Design Guild Philippines, which is affiliated with the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation, is determined to make it happen.

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There’s the serious competition posed by China and Malaysia, and with increasing aggressiveness, also Vietnam, with their more abundant raw materials and cheaper labor costs, but Cebu is undaunted.
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There’s the serious competition posed by China and Malaysia, and with increasing aggressiveness, also Vietnam, with their more abundant raw materials and cheaper labor costs, but Cebu is undaunted.
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