Re: Freight wagons from China

["deano" <dsma@pigpond.com>]

Trouble is that the Falcon has Chinese made glass in it, poor old Pilkington
in Geelong does not produce much for Ford these days.
< Tell > <telljb@netozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> Welcome to the world of "smart thinking", level playing
> fields and the global economy.  Started by Keating and
> flourishes under Howard.
>
> Been into Kmart or BigW lately.?  Take out all of the
> goods with labels MADE IN <> "China/Taiwan/Japan"
> "Singapore/Malaysia/Philipines" and 96 percent of their
> stock would disappear off their shelves.!!
>
> AND if you happen to drive ANYTHING other than a
> Commodore, Falcon, Magna, Camry then you are driving
> something which was made overseas like those freight
> wagons you mentioned. :)
>
> Point is, if you are happy as a consumer with the above
> and buy the overseas product, why should railway gear
> be exclusively, made in Oz.?
>
> ....Tell
>
>
> >James C. <james_ccj@my-deja.com> wrote:
> >
> > Apparantly there is a rail company ordered 94 freight wagons from China.
> >
> > Which rail company ordered them? and why order from China when Clyde's
> > Somerston/Bathurst and Adtranz's Dandenong plants are pretty much
> > empty???(other then they might sell them at cheaper price)
>