another article in The Star today (22nd December 2007):
KUALA LUMPUR: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) have postponed the Super Series Finals scheduled for Jan 2-6 indefinitely.
This is the second time the championships have been postponed. Initially, the Finals were supposed to be held from Dec 18-22.
“It is going to be tough to try and fix a date over the next few months due to the tight schedule for 2008. Basically it is the sponsors who have decided to change the dates.
“They are unable to provide us with the new dates until now. We will meet on this and make a decision,” said BWF event manager M. Venugopal yesterday.
The postponement of the 2007 Finals, however, will not affect the start of the 2008 Super Series. It will kick off with the Proton Malaysian Open from Jan 15-20 in Kuala Lumpur. Then, it will be the Korean Open from Jan 22-27.
In March, they will another two more tournaments – All-England Championships from March 4-9 and the Swiss Open from March 11-16 – before the Thomas Cup Finals in May.
“All these four tournaments are very important as they will provide qualifying points for the players in the chase for places in the Beijing Olympics,” said Venugopal.
“In February, there is also the various Thomas Cup qualifying rounds, so there is hardly any time left to slot in another top level meet which might affect the players’ preparation for the Olympics or the Thomas Cup,” he added.
He admitted that the other possibility was to hold it after the completion of the Thomas Cup Finals.
Link:
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2007/12/22/sports/19838672&sec=sports