A day after his mother's kidnapping ordeal ended, Sheng Siong CEO Lim Hock Chee received a surprise delivery.

Mr Fadah Hsieh, the Representative from the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore, had a pot of bright orchids brought to Mr Lim's doorstep on Friday afternoon.

Attached to the flowers was a card with peace and prosperity greetings in Chinese, signed off by Mr Hsieh.

It is understood that Sheng Siong deals frequently with the Taipei office and also stocks produce from the region, and Mr Lim's Taiwanese counterparts wanted to express their concern over the supermarket tycoon's mother's kidnapping.

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