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- 2007.09.14
A comprehensive test report on Bluetooth headsets - CHOICE # 371
Motorists beware! Every day in the past 12 months, between August 2006 and July 2007, 87 drivers on average were prosecuted by the police for using mobile handsets during driving. The police statistics showed that during the period there were a total...
- 2007.09.14
Are fruit drinks necessarily more healthy than soft drinks? -CHOICE # 371
Prepackaged fruit teas and drinks, in cans and tetrapaks, are hugely popular in Southeast Asia for reasons of what is widely believed their beneficial health effect. But this may turn out to be just a myth. For the truth is most are probably no...
- 2007.09.14
Be wary of vitamin and mineral overdose - CHOICE # 371
Are you really in need of vitamin and mineral supplements? People who habitually take them seldom give much thought to this question. In collaboration with the Drug Education Resources Centre, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong, the...
- 2007.09.14
CHOICE # 371
Are fruit drinks necessarily more healthy than soft drinks? No relief on burden of textbook expenditures this year Concerns over improper CFL disposal with potential environmental and health hazards Consumer advice on postnatal care service...
- 2007.09.14
Concerns over improper CFL disposal with potential environmentaland health hazards - CHOICE # 371
Improper disposal of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (energy saving lamps) has given rise to concern over its potential hazardous impact on the environment and humans. The Consumer Council has raised the issue in the light of emerging research on the...
- 2007.09.14
Consumer advice on postnatal care service for the new parents andnewborn - CHOICE # 371
Imagine the anxiety of an expectant mother in the face of having to cope with the postnatal care of the newborn, let alone her own self. That may no longer be the case. Professional postnatal care is now at your service - for a fee. In view of the...
- 2007.09.14
No relief on burden of textbook expenditures this year - CHOICE #371
Expenditures on school textbooks this year have risen by 5.4% and 3% respectively for the primary and secondary sectors. The increases were recorded in the annual Consumer Council survey on textbook expenditures of 54 primary schools and 47 secondary...
- 2007.09.14
Public warned over unsafe electric fan - CHOICE # 371
The public is warned over the potential fire hazard of one model of electric fan. The model in question was identified in a safety test conducted by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) in collaboration with the Consumer Council....