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Dian Xiao Er's duck chef Li Xue Liang, 27, removes the herbal roasted ducks from the over and displays them at the shop window. If you regularly order goose at Chinese restaurants, you may have noticed a difference in the way it tastes these days. If you regularly order goose at Chinese restaurants, you may have noticed a difference in the way it tastes these days. One reason is that the bulk of Singapore's frozen goose now comes from Hungary, after Taiwan was banned as a source because of bird flu. Taiwan was the biggest source of the delicacy in 2009, when imports from there made up 55 per cent of all frozen geese brought here. But imports were suspended in March 2011 due to "detection of Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI) H5N2", said the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). Subsequent outbreaks there mean that the ban has not been lifted, the AVA added. This has forced importers and restaurants here to look to Hungary. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/hungary-now-singapores-main-goose-source-20140120

ST Forum Jun 9, 2011 Sent on a wild goose chase for iPad ON MONDAY morning, I spent a great deal of time searching for a store selling the new iPad 2 and after being told that it was sold out at all the Apple stores, I surfed the Internet to find a promotional deal with SingTel and called to make inquiries. A customer service officer told me it was available on a limited basis at some stores on a walk-in, first come, first served basis. He said I would have the greatest chance at the ComCentre outlet near Killiney Road as this was the headquarters. It was important to me as I wanted to present this to my daughter for her birthday yesterday and as a graduation gift. So I cancelled an important appointment and got to ComCentre around noon on Monday only to learn that the iPad 2 was completely sold out and was not even available when they opened that day. I called SingTel's customer service again and made the same inquiry only to be told the same thing by the second customer service officer - that if I went down to ComCentre, the device would be available for walk-in customers on a first come, first served basis. I was very unhappy and disappointed with this wrong information and for being misled into believing that there would be a chance to purchase the item. In actual fact, the iPad 2 was not available for any walk-in customer and I was sent on a wild goose chase. I spoke with the customer service manager, who apologised and offered to compensate me by waiving my mobile phone charges for two months. It is completely inexcusable for a company like SingTel to provide incorrect information that resulted in loss of my time and expense and caused me great inconvenience. This "miscommunication" between the outlets and the customer service hotline is totally unacceptable. Susan Yeo (Mrs)

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