Business leaders from member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum wrapped up on Friday a four-day meeting in Tokyo, urging their governments to take decisive action to combat the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Asia.
Participants in the APEC Business Advisory Council meeting expressed concern over the impact of SARS on regional economies.
They said transparent and timely information is necessary to fight SARS and called for border controls to be streamlined and for appropriate health safeguards to be ensured.