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Shoddy goods disposed(newsphoto)Updated: 2004-03-10 11:22 Workers shove shoddy goods into a furnace at a factory in Hangzhou in East Chinas Zhejiang Province, March 9, 2004. The factory, which is able to dispose of fake and substandard products in an environmentally-friendly way, burnt goods worth 3.6 million yuan (US$433,730). The contraband products had been confiscated by the local administration of industry and commerce. [newsphoto] Shoddy products still bug buyersFU JING2002-08-13 08:08:24 Fake and shoddy goods still irked consumers in the first six months of this year, although buyers purchasing enthusiasm seems to have recovered slightly, said a China Consumers Association official in Beijing yesterday. Gripes about the poor quality of goods comprised 66.2 per cent of the 309,231 consumer complaints filed with the association in the first half of this year, said Wang Qianhu, director of the associations complaints and legal affairs department. People complained most about items such as houses, cars, mobile phones and computers, followed by food and services, Wang said. Commercial housing has become the target of complaint because of various problems, instead of household electrical appliances, said Wang. Between January and June, Wangs association received 16,848 complaints about housing, which was 38.3 per cent higher than the same period last year. Consumers complained that the quality of houses was poor, real-estate advertising misled buyers and property management was not satisfactory. Wang admitted that some real-estate complaints have not been settled years after they were initially made due to various reasons. Homebuyers are too weak compared to real-estate developers, some of whom are protected by the local authorities, said Wang. Some local government departments have a decisive say in housing development. Wang urged them to behave in line with the relevant laws and regulations. Wang said cars sparked 1,417 complaints in the first half