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- 2011.07.20
Price Comparison Reports - Wan Chai
The Consumer Council today (July 20) released its weekly price survey on a basket of 45 food and household items available at major supermarket chains and other retail outlets in Wan Chai. In the analysis were listed the top 10 products with the most...
- 2011.07.15
CHOICE # 417
Consumer Council Urges Detailed Product Labelling on Facial Masks Pay TV Service Providers Urged to Allow Unconditional Contract Termination Upon Significant Changes Textbook Prices Increase Accelerates Unscrupulous Sales Practices of Health Club...
- 2011.07.15
Consumer Council Urges Detailed Product Labelling on Facial Masks - CHOICE # 417
The Consumer Council's tests on some sleeping and skin-care facial masks available on market showed that the level of heavy metals, parabens and microorganisms in the masks were in compliance with the relevant standards - a clean bill of health to...
- 2011.07.15
Consumer Council's First-ever Test on Tablet PCs - CHOICE # 417
The July issue of CHOICE covers the test results on a number of popular tablet PCs. The test, coordinated by the International Consumer Research & Testing, covered 16 models of tablet PCs with prices ranging from HK$ 1,980 to 5,380. Out of the 16...
- 2011.07.15
Pay TV Service Providers Urged to Allow Unconditional Contract Termination Upon Significant Changes - CHOICE # 417
Consumers normally subscribe to pay TV services for certain programmes. Therefore, their grievance is understandable when the programmes are cancelled or relocated to other channels not covered by their service plans. The Consumer Council received...
- 2011.07.15
Six Convictions for Selling Counterfeit Drugs in the First Four Months - CHOICE # 417
4 shops were involved in convicted cases of selling counterfeit d...
- 2011.07.15
Textbook Prices Increase Accelerates - CHOICE # 417
Hard hit by inflation, parents are going to face further pressure from the price increase of school textbooks in the new school year. According to the Consumer Council's annual survey on the price of commonly used school textbooks, the average...
- 2011.07.15
Unscrupulous Sales Practices of Health Club Sparked Concerns - CHOICE # 417
Consumers who plan to join a health club so as to stay in shape for the summer beware: it will be difficult to drop out once you give in and enter the contract under the aggressive tactics of the sales. Complaints about the heavy-handed sales tactics...