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Wedding planners under fire


http://en.youth.cn   2009-10-27 10:06:00

A couple dressed in 1970s-style army uniforms poses at a group wedding on Sunday. Most newly weds hire professional help with their wedding celebrations.

Up to 70 percent of Beijing's wedding planners engage in substandard practices and put at risk the happiest day of many couple's lives, experts say.

Shi Yu, deputy director-general of the committee for the wedding services industry (CWSY), said the industry faces a drastic overhaul when a new regulation governing its practices comes in to effect on Dec 1.

Shi said there are about 800 wedding planning companies in the city, and many were "a flower store turned into a wedding planning company".

Some don't have formal offices, employees or offer clients a contract. Shi said these companies use inferior or even hazardous materials, which pose a safety risk.

"As many as 70 percent of those wedding services companies don't conform to the newly-released regulation on wedding planning services which will put into effect on Dec 1," Shi said.

"Wedding planning companies won't feel the pinch immediately but will eventually.

"When customers get a better understanding of the regulation, they will only choose companies that conform to the regulation.

 
source : China Daily     editor:: Ivy
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