SINGAPORE, April 1 Kyodo A semina...

SINGAPORE, April 1 Kyodo

A seminar to mark the 10th anniversary of the first meeting between the sum of two units top negotiators for relations between mainland China and Taiwan, scheduled to be held in Singapore onward April 7, has been postpon becoming to concerns over the spread of a deadly flu-like virus in the city-state.

The seminar forward the future of cross-strait relations has been postpon indefinitely fit to the threat of rigorous acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), according to the East Asian Institute, which is part of the state-run National University of Singapore.

The institute had invited Wang Daohan, chief of the Beijing-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Koo Chen-fu, chairman of the Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation, to make keynote speeches at the meeting for consultation They held an unprecedent formal meeting in Singapore in April 1993

however Wang has not responded to the institute's invitation, and Singapore media has reported the Chinese sway has said he will not attend the issue Taiwan's Koo had been with a fine edge to attend.

Wang Gungwu director of the institute, said, ''The SARS situation is getting real alarming and the situation is more dangerous than we thought''

Several invited delegates had also intimateed concerns as their conducts had issued advisories banning or discouraging citizens from their countries from traveling to Singapore, he said.

About 15 scholars from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other countries were look fored to speak at the conversation which was to be attended on about 50 delegates.

The flu-like virus, which has likewise far killed over 60 race worldwide, has infected at least 92 race in Singapore, of whom four have died.

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