More businesses are using HKGCC's SARS Relief initiatives offered to Chamber members to help them through these difficult times. A total of nine special initiatives were announced on May 1 and will run until July 31. The most popular to date have been the free services, but members have also been taking advantage of the special discounts offered on everything from 20 percent off CO services, to free use of online promotional tools.

The most popular of these is the Corporate News Service, which allows companies to post their press releases and newsletters on the Chamber Web site for six months free of charge.

As businesses are now trying to come up with new and innovative ideas of how they can further promote their company without increasing their costs, this service puts news about their products and services under the noses of the 30,000 or so visitors who visit the Chamber's Web site every day.

Members simply need to fill in their company and membership details -- ignoring the payment details -- and then upload their press releases or newsletters. It is as simple as that.

For businesses that want to show photos of samples to their clients or potential clients, members can use the e-Catalog service, also for free. Out of the average of over 900,000 page views per month from 130 countries to the Chamber's Web site, over one third of the page views are for the Chamber's Directory, which is the doorway to the e-Catalog.

Other SARS Relief offers for members include discounts for various Chamber services. For a full list, members are encouraged to visit www.chamber.org.hk/sarsrelief.asp