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Statement by Ashwin Gunasekeran, CEO of Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau.

槟城会议及会展中心局首席执行员艾熙汶说，该局也建议所有主办单位，推迟所有的商务会议以及展览，直至疫情获得控制为止。

GEORGE TOWN: At least 20 gatherings and business conferences have been postponed or cancelled in Penang as a precaution to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Penang Convention and Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) chief executive officer Ashwin Gunasekeran said the postponements and cancellations were from the beginning of the year until today.

槟城会展局总执行长艾熙伟则补充，若这些商务会议的主办单位仍要继续进行活动，如讲座、培训及会议，可改为线上进行。

Ashwin Gunasekeran, CEO of Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau, has advised all organisers in Malaysia to postpone their events. In a statement, Gunasekeran said: “In light of the COVID-19 declaration as a global pandemic by WHO, Penang Convention & Exhibition Bureau (PCEB) would like to advise all business events organisers to postpone their events until the situation is under...

他表示，作为槟城会展局（PCEB）主席，他强烈建议各方考虑将所有聚会和商务会议推迟到疫情和局势受到控制和情况好转为止。

“It would have seen 12,000 to 18,000 attendees coming next month. This would have been a big benefit to our tourism players, ” said Penang Convention and Exhibition Bureau chief executive officer Ashwin Gunasekeran.

槟州出现首宗新冠肺炎确诊病例后，槟州会议及展览局也劝告已在槟城进行商务会议或即将到槟城出席会议的商务游客，多加进行防范疫情的措施。

PENANG - Penang's reputationas a hub for medical conferences has been endorsed again - it has won the bid to host the Malaysian Nurses Association (MNA)'s Annual General Meeting later this month.

Penang will be hosting the Malaysian Nurses Association (MNA)’s Annual General Meeting 2020 from 27 – 29 March at Bayview Beach Resort in Batu Feringghi.