>Apple iPad 2 Hongkong Release Date Still Not Happening

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Apple promised an April Release date for the iPad 2 in Hongkong, but its already pass April’s first week and its still not happening. What could be causing this delay? April arrives, so as the excitement of most asian countries that will finally have a taste of the Apple iPad 2. Apple has confirmed that the release date for the Apple iPad 2 is this April 2011. The only problem is that they did not indicated what date it actually is. The iPad 2 has been leaked into Hongkong by local vendors, pricing the device twice from its regular $499-$850 range. Well this will be over soon as the Apple iPad 2 arrives in Hongkong, Korea and Singapore this month.

A couple of countries were announced to be going to have the Apple iPad 2 shipped, Included in the list are countries outside the united States. “While competitors are still struggling to catch up with our first iPad, we’ve changed the game again with iPad 2,” Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive officer, said in a statement. “We’re experiencing amazing demand for iPad 2 in the US, and customers around the world have told us they can’t wait to get their hands on it. We appreciate everyone’s patience and we are working hard to build enough iPads for everyone,” he noted.

Japan had its shipment of Apple iPad 2 delayed after the incident that crippled the country, The 25 countries where iPad 2 were promised to go on sale at the end of March in placed that include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Britain. What kind of delay is causing this? Will the Apple iPad 2 really make it this April? The demand of the iPad 2 in Hongkong is high and people are starting to get disappointed as release date still not happening.

>Factbox: Restrictions on Japanese food imports

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The United States became the first nation to block produce from Japan’s radiation zone, saying on Wednesday it will halt milk, vegetable and fruit imports from areas near the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant because of contamination fears.

Here are steps other countries have taken to test or block Japanese food imports:

CHINA

Monitoring food imported from Japan for signs of radiation.

HONG KONG

Authorities in Hong Kong have been checking all fresh food imports from Japan for traces of radioactive iodine and cesium since March 12.

MALAYSIA

Testing all consignments from Japan. Health Ministry is monitoring the situation daily but has no plans to ban so far.

SOUTH KOREA

Testing for signs of radiation in fresh agricultural produce, dried agricultural and processed food from Japan.

Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) said on Wednesday it would not ban Japanese food at this stage.

TAIWAN

Taiwan’s Fisheries Agency has advised local boats not to fish in Japanese waters after radiation was detected in the sea around the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The agency will check all catches on fishing boats returning from Japanese waters and destroy any catches with radioactivity exceeding permitted limits.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The United States will block imports of milk and fresh produce from areas of Japan near the crippled nuclear power plant.

All milk and milk products and fresh fruits and vegetables from four Japanese prefectures — Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma — will be stopped from entering the United States, the Food and Drug Administration said.