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Sunday, 21 August 2011

RM76 course on making fake bird’s nests

Saturday August 20, 2011

RM76 course on making fake bird’s nests

Other News & Views by WINNIE YEOH, LEE YEN MUN and A. RAMAN


UNSCRUPULOUS businessmen only need to pay HK$200 (RM76) to attend a one-day class to master the skills of producing fake bird's nests, China Press reported.

It quoted a posting by a bird's nest trader named Alex in an Internet forum in Hangzhou, who claimed that classes to produce fake bird's nests are common in Indonesia and neighbouring countries.

Alex had claimed that the skills could be acquired in just a day.

It was reported that fake bird's nests are made from a type of mucilage that is easily available in the China market at HK$50 (RM19) a bottle. Each bottle can produce up to 100 bird's nests.

Alex said the production process was simple one needs to first soak a real bird's nest for about two hours and then use an Indonesian-produced powder called “Super 77” to mix the real bird's nest with mucilage and then mould them.

Alex said the genuine bird's nest was priced at RM7,900 per kilo while fake ones cost RM4,600 per kilo.

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