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- 2007.10.15
Do take time to assess and plan your purchase of HD TV set - CHOICE# 372
Consumers need not be in a haste to purchase new TV sets capable of receiving high definition (HD) TV broadcast due to start at the end of this year. Contrary to rumours, your existing TV sets will continue to provide for your free viewing the TV...
- 2007.10.15
Safety - the top priority concern in choice of washing machines -CHOICE # 372
Are you concerned over the safety of your washing machine? Rightly so you should be - for the domestic washer is one electrical appliance that operates in close contact of large quantity of water. A joint test report of the Electrical and Mechanical...
- 2007.10.15
The importance of hygiene in artificial nail enhancement service -CHOICE # 372
Still on cosmetics for the beauty conscious. Artificial nail enhancement service is catching on rapidly with nail salons or nail bars proliferating in many locations. Correspondingly, complaints related to nail service brought to the notice of the...
- 2007.10.15
Traces of residual acrylamide monomer detected in cosmetics -CHOICE # 372
Just how much residual acrylamide monomer in a cosmetic is deemed to be harmful to the users? The question emerged in a Consumer Council test on 30 different samples of face cream and lotion designed to determine the amount of residual acrylamide...
- 2007.10.15
Watch out for trans fats and saturated fats in your daily meals -CHOICE # 372
Food manufacturers are urged to reduce the trans fats in their pr...
- 2007.09.14
A comprehensive test report on Bluetooth headsets - CHOICE # 371
Motorists beware! Every day in the past 12 months, between August 2006 and July 2007, 87 drivers on average were prosecuted by the police for using mobile handsets during driving. The police statistics showed that during the period there were a total...
- 2007.09.14
Are fruit drinks necessarily more healthy than soft drinks? -CHOICE # 371
Prepackaged fruit teas and drinks, in cans and tetrapaks, are hugely popular in Southeast Asia for reasons of what is widely believed their beneficial health effect. But this may turn out to be just a myth. For the truth is most are probably no...
- 2007.09.14
Be wary of vitamin and mineral overdose - CHOICE # 371
Are you really in need of vitamin and mineral supplements? People who habitually take them seldom give much thought to this question. In collaboration with the Drug Education Resources Centre, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Hong Kong, the...