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- 2014.09.15
Moderate Rise in School Textbook Expenditures 2014 - CHOICE # 455
Textbook expenditure for the secondary school sector edged up a slight 0.6% on average this year compared with the previous year, according to the annual Consumer Council survey on 51 secondary schools across Hong Kong. The expenditure amounted to an...
- 2014.09.15
Motorists Urged to Pay Heed to Details Regarding Public Carpark Charges - CHOICE # 455
The devil is in the details. This probably aptly applies to the terms and conditions governing fees and charges in the usage of public carparks. Often the fine details of such terms and conditions appear in obscure notices or in small print evading...
- 2014.09.15
Safety Performance of Child Car Seats Crucial to Impending Proposed Mandatory Use - CHOICE # 455
An unreliable child car seat is unquestionably a poor choice. It gives the user a false sense of security and worse, in the event of a collision, fails to deliver effective crash protection to the child passenger. The Consumer Council has produced...
- 2014.08.14
Beware of Pitfalls upon Expiry of Telecom Service Contracts - CHOICE # 454
Many mobile phone users are seemingly unaware of the pitfalls they face when their telecom service contracts are up for renewal or expiry. At least two pitfalls have been commonly identified. First, if you allow your contract to lapse without renewal...
- 2014.08.14
CHOICE # 454
Short Weight in Prepacked Fresh Food Uncovered Toothpastes Come under Scrutiny on Safety No Freebies for Consumers in Credit Card Mileage Programmes Beware of Pitfalls upon Expiry of Telecom Service Contracts Chairing the press conference today...
- 2014.08.14
Short Weight in Prepacked Fresh Food Uncovered - CHOICE # 454
A recent Consumer Council survey has uncovered many instances of short weight in prepacked fresh food at selected supermarkets, frozen meat and grocery stores. Out of the 51 samples - meat, fish, vegetable and fruit - which were sold by weight, the...
- 2014.08.14
Toothpastes Come under Scrutiny on Safety - CHOICE # 454
Is there a perfect toothpaste that effectively combines and delivers all the benefits: stain removal, cavity prevention, plaque control, gum disease protection, sensitivity reduction, whitening and brightening, fresh breath, and what not? But equally...
- 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...