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- 2007.12.14
Fire hazard warning on unbranded Christmas decorative light chains- CHOICE # 374
With the yuletide season just around the corner, consumers are warned to steer clear of Christmas decorative lights that are sold without any information on brandname or agent or both. This timely warning followed a Consumer Council test to...
- 2007.12.10
Consumer Council supports a mandatory nutrition labelling regime
PDFversion The Consumer Council today (December 10) reiterated its support of a mandatory nutrition labelling regime that promotes informed consumer choice of prepackaged food products for better public health. It is, therefore, strongly supportive...
- 2007.11.14
CHOICE # 373
Council uncovers widespread trade practice of foisting off snake and lizard meat as crocodile meat Council exposes myths in beauty treatment of double eyelids Wilful conversion of headlamps is of rising road safety concern Consumer advice in...
- 2007.11.14
Consumer advice in the face of inflation driving food prices up -CHOICE # 373
Consumers are facing significantly increased prices and reduced promotional discounts in the purchase of daily foods. Concerned over the escalating rate of inflation, the Consumer Council has recently surveyed the market to assess the inflationary...
- 2007.11.14
Council exposes myths in beauty treatment of double eyelids -CHOICE # 373
The Consumer Council is continuing its vigilance on dubious advertising claims on beauty treatment services. The latest claims brought to light concern double eyelids. In the opinion of the experts, such claims are based on mere myths. Myth number...
- 2007.11.14
Council uncovers widespread trade practice of foisting off snake and lizard meat as crocodile meat - CHOICE # 373
Crocodile meat is hardly a gourmet dish. But for some people, it ...
- 2007.11.14
Fried Fritters - CHOICE # 373
Following the release of the test report last month on trans fats in foods, there has appeared some advertising suggesting that since fried fritters contain no cholesterol and a level of trans fats close to zero, they are healthy for consumption....
- 2007.11.14
Textbook Revision Survey - CHOICE # 373
The annual textbook revision survey of the Consumer Council on four selected sets of textbooks has drawn the assessment that the revisions in these textbook are "quite necessary". The assessment criteria were based on the grading on the necessity of...