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- 2020-11-20
- Features
- Leisure and Entertainment
- Tech-savvy
Protect Your Privacy, Beware of Smart Home Settings
Entering into the new era of smart homes, switching on lights by clapping hands or turning on air conditioners through voice control are no longer a novelty. In fact, it is not a dream anymore to control all your home appliances through a voice command! However, while enjoying the convenience of smart living, consumers should choose products carefully so not to put their safety and privacy at risk. Do you know what areas to watch out for when choosing smart home appliances?
- 2020-10-12
- Features
- Leisure and Entertainment
Love-Hate Relationship with Caffeine
To many people, waking up to a fresh cup of coffee is the best way to start a day! Nowadays, coffee has not only spawned a number of discussions on health subjects, it has also become an “environmental” hot topic. So, let’s learn more about this “mysterious” drink!
- 2020-08-13
- Tips
- Leisure and Entertainment
- Home Appliances
《Door-to-Door Storage Services – Unveiling the hidden costs》
Want to hold on to things that are dear to you but running out of space at home? That’s why mini-storage and particularly door-to-door by-box storage and door-to-door mini-storage are gaining popularity in recent years. Do you know about the hidden charges attached to these door-to-door services and, that they could in the end be more costly than self-storage services?
- 2020-08-10
- Trivia
- Home Appliances
- Health and Beauty
- Leisure and Entertainment
《Yoga Mats – How to Avoid Inhaling Harmful Substances?》
You could be inhaling harmful substances from your yoga mat
After seeing your friends doing all those super difficult yoga poses from their photos, are you eager to try as well? First of all, you should get yourself a yoga mat that protects well. But you should pay attention in selecting the right mat. Previously the Consumer Council has conducted a test on certain yoga mats in the market, and found that some of them contain toxic substances.
- 2020-08-10
- Tips
- Home Appliances
- Health and Beauty
- Leisure and Entertainment
The Selection and Use of Yoga Mats
The selection and use of yoga mat require profound knowledge
How do you choose your yoga mat? Would you consider colour or pattern? Or simply make your decision based on price and / or brand? In fact, a yoga mat is not merely an ordinary plastic mat, so choosing the right mat involves a great deal of knowledge. There are also areas that people may easily overlook in using a yoga mat. Without further ado, let’s get to some of the details.
- 2020-03-26
- Life and Financial Planning
- Leisure and Entertainment
What you need to know about credit card chargeback?
In a time of economic slowdown with sudden business closure of merchants, yet the paid goods or services are not available, all you have to do is try applying to recover prepayment through the chargeback protection mechanism. Let the Council share more information on “all you have to know about chargeback mechanism”!
- 2020-03-26
- Features
- Leisure and Entertainment
Special Feature on Chargeback Compensation
The novel coronavirus is raging around the world. Many nations are closing their borders to fight epidemic and economics are hit hard. How may credit card users protect themselves and obtain compensation in case merchants close down suddenly? What about those purchased flight tickets? Are they able to refund and get the money back? The Special Feature on chargeback in this issue is going to share how one should protect their consumer rights amid soaring epidemic these days.
- 2020-03-26
- Leisure and Entertainment
Flight Ticket – Cancellation/Extension/Refund
With increasing risk on the novel coronavirus spreads all over the world, the government recently issued the Red Outbound Travel Alert to France, Germany, parts of Spain, Hokkaido, Japan, and Italy. People should avoid going to the above places. Those who book flight tickets through travel agencies or online platforms should read carefully the terms of the airline or travel agency as listed on the website, and understand whether the ticket can be canceled, date be changed, or a handling fee is applied.
