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- 2000.07.25
A half-yearly review of consumer complaints by Chairman of Consumer Council, Prof. Andrew CHAN Chi-fai
The fast growing telecommunications industry has scored a new record in the number of consumer complaints. In the first 6 months of the new millenium year 2000, the Consumer Council has recorded a high 1,517 complaints on telecommunications services...
- 2000.07.17
CHOICE # 285
Give consumers wider choices in octane ratings of gasoline The Consumer Council is urging oil companies to provide Hong Kong consumers with wider choices in gasoline octane ratings. The call followed a recent Council's survey which clearly shows that...
- 2000.06.15
CHOICE # 284
Consumer Council issues 10-point proposal to enhance consumer safety at supermarkets The Consumer Council has put forward a package of 10 recommendations to enhance the safety of consumers shopping at supermarkets. This followed a survey of the...
- 2000.05.15
CHOICE # 283
Large-scale survey shows wide variances in the types and amounts of miscellaneous charges by kindergartens A Consumer Council survey has found kindergartens collecting miscellaneous charges equivalent to 27% of tuition fees annually. The survey,...
- 2000.04.17
CHOICE # 282
Clean bill of health for heavy metals in "detoxifying" dietary supplements but doubts cast over their efficacy by medical practitioners Dietary supplements are fast proliferating in a market of aging population yearning for health and beauty. One...
- 2000.04.03
Consumers, according to the global study, are still finding environmental labels on common household products confusing and misleading.
Hong Kong took part in an international study on environmental labels on common household products. Results of the study were released today (April 3) by Consumers International (CI), the global federation of 250 consumer organisations in 111...
- 2000.03.15
CHOICE # 281
GM ingredients detected in test of 105 food samples Genetically modified (GM) foods, in no insignificant proportion, have found their way onto the shelves of supermarkets and stores in Hong Kong. A Consumer Council test on 105 food samples has...
- 2000.02.15
CHOICE # 280
Condoms get better in quality as latest test on 66 models shows fewer failures than in past 12 years Condoms are synonymous with safer sex. That's true when condoms are free of any defects and effective in birth control and disease prevention. For...