VISITORS to the first ever Penimex Lifestyle Expo at the Penang International Sports Arena in Relau can check out various local and foreign products.

The four-day exposition features fashion, food, living and travelling services at over 110 booths.

Organising chairman Sam Yong Sum Chin said that the expo provided an opportunity for Penang Importers and Exporters Association members to display their local and imported wares.

?It is also to create an awareness about the products to consumers,? he said during the launching of the event on Thursday. The event ends tomorrow.

He added that more than 25,000 visitors were expected to throng the event.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng was present to launch the expo.

Furniture Arts (M) Sdn Bhd won the Best Booth Design Award.

Among the visitors at the expo was sales executive Sally Lim, 29, who was buying carpets at one of the booths.

She said that she went the expo to survey the products and their prices as she was planning to move into a new home.

?I?ve only walked half a round here. Some of the items are reasonably priced while for some others, I would need to think first before buying,? she said, adding that she was also looking for electronic goods.

The products and services available at the expo are (fashion) clothes, jewellery, accessories; (food) fruits, fruit juice products, instant food, halal food, medicine and health care products; (living) furniture, home decor, kitchen cabinets, carpets, floorboards, hardware, electrical and electronic products and sports equipment and (travelling) property, travel packages, travelling equipment and bicycles.

SOURCE: The Star