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- 2014.07.18
A Bountiful Year for Investigative Consumer Rights Reporting
The 14th Consumer Rights Reporting Awards which drew a fruitive total of 247 entries from the press, television and radio, came at a time amidst a clampdown on unfair trade practices, and a scramble for basic necessity baby milk powder and luxury...
- 2014.07.18
The TDO Is in Full Swing as Evidenced in Rising Consumer Complaints
The prohibition on unfair trade practices is going full steam ahead.In the wake of the enactment of the newly amended Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO) in July 2013, a total of 3,463 cases alleging unfair trade practices were brought to the Consumer...
- 2014.07.15
CHOICE # 453
Test Shows Pricey Anti-Wrinkle Face Creams Are Not More Effective The Importance of Full and Accurate Disclosure in Insurance Everything You Need to Know about Breadmakers Textbook Prices Up 3.7% on Average Unreasonable Hidden Charges Alleged in...
- 2014.07.15
Everything You Need to Know about Breadmakers - CHOICE # 453
If bread is your preferred staple food, the choice of a reliable breadmaker becomes arduous but crucial. Unlike the rice cooker, a breadmaker literally makes bread every step of the way from mixing to kneading, and baking. In short, a breadmaker is a...
- 2014.07.15
Test Shows Pricey Anti-Wrinkle Face Creams Are Not More Effective - CHOICE # 453
The market is overflowing with anti-aging creams, frequently loaded with fancy claims of scientific proof in their advertising. How well do they really work? Are they worth it? The Consumer Council has joined forces with the ICRT (International...
- 2014.07.15
Textbook Prices Up 3.7% on Average - CHOICE # 453
It seems school textbook prices are overwhelmingly gravity-proofed, and move in unison in one direction - upwards in the past 3 years. This was the case as manifested in the Consumer Council annual survey on textbook prices for this year. 568 out of...
- 2014.07.15
The Importance of Full and Accurate Disclosure in Insurance - CHOICE # 453
Is balloon angioplasty (the technique of widening obstructed arteries typically in the heart) a surgical operation? And, does being hospitalized for 2 days mean being confined in the hospital for 2 days? The answer, in both instances, is in the...
- 2014.07.08
First-ever Online Trader Named for Malpractices
The wave of online shopping has come under the scrutiny of the Consumer Council - in a first-ever publicity sanction against online sales tactics detrimental to the consumer interest.An online shop peddling infant products was named today (July 8) by...