Mall of Asia

[grahamw48]

Anything 'imported' is likely to be dear (and probably not particularly fresh).

A few years ago my friend bought some little dresses for his 2 year-old girl from M & S. - On the label...'Made in the Philippines' (probably for about £1 each). They weren't cheap. So M & S make it at both ends.

[jake]

Anything 'imported' is likely to be dear

Not if it is imported by one of the Filipino- Chinese tax evaders! Most of the clothes, shoes. toys etc you see in the markets of every town have been taxed a lot lower than they should have been A lot of these products cost less than material cost here in the Philippines

If the government want to help the manufacturing industry and create jobs it is about time customs started doing there job.