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- 2008.01.22
New trade practices statute proposed as consumer complaints surgeto record high
The introduction of a new proposed statute to regulate various forms of unfair, misleading and deceptive trade practices is high on the agenda of the Consumer Council in the year ahead. The proposal for legislative reform is now in its final stage of...
- 2008.01.15
Beware of dubious holiday travel schemes - CHOICE # 375
Consumers are warned to be wary of the malpractices of dubious holiday travel schemes. The Consumer Council has recently received complaints that are very similar to those leveled against time-sharing schemes. But instead of time-sharing of holiday...
- 2008.01.15
CHOICE # 375
Council concerned over wide variances in spore breakage rate of lingzhi products Council debunks myths of self-claimed "non-surgical cosmetic treatments" Everything you need to find out about LASIK before bidding farewell to your spectacles ...
- 2008.01.15
Choose paints of lower VOC content, water-based and less glossy tosafeguard health and environment - CHOICE # 375
Consumers giving their home a new coat of paint to usher in the new year, are strongly urged to choose only paints in compliance of the new legal requirement on volatile organic compounds (VOC). Regulation on the VOC content of 25 types of...
- 2008.01.15
Council concerned over wide variances in spore breakage rate oflingzhi products - CHOICE # 375
Are products of lingzhi spores（靈芝孢子）as good as their manufacturer...
- 2008.01.15
Council debunks myths of self-claimed "non-surgical cosmetictreatments" - CHOICE # 375
If wrinkle removal and skin whitening by the simple act of injections sound too good to be true, you cannot be more correct. The Consumer Council has surveyed a rapidly emerging market touting consumers with what it claims to be the latest in new...
- 2008.01.15
Everything you need to find out about LASIK before bidding farewellto your spectacles - CHOICE # 375
Out go the eyeglasses, and in comes the LASIK (Laser Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis) surgery. Is this the vision correction that you have long been contemplating? To assist consumers, the Consumer Council has surveyed the market for LASIK surgery...
- 2007.12.14
Annual survey on tax loan reveals wide range of APRs amidstdeclining interest rates - CHOICE # 374
The Consumer Council's annual survey on tax loans has shown generally declining Annualized Percentage Rates (APR) across the board for this year. A vast range of APRs was shown to be charged by different banks with variations (between the highest and...