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- 1998.01.15
CHOICE # 255
The Consumer Council today issued a warning on novelty cigarette lighters that pose a grave injury and fire risk to children. Over the past 2 years, at least 6 fire accidents were reported to have been related to children playing with cigarette...
- 1998.01.08
1997 Year-end Press Briefing
Research on consumer policy issues, trade practices and legal protection will be the main focus of work for the Consumer Council in the year ahead. The research will provide much needed crucial information and data to improve consumer protection as...
- 1997.12.15
CHOICE # 254
Parents are urged to exercise caution when buying small toys out of a vending machine or a food pack for young children under the age of 3. This advice was issued by the Consumer Council following a test on small toys commonly available at many...
- 1997.11.14
CHOICE # 253
The growth of private car ownership is fast on the rise in Hong Kong. There were some 280,000 private cars licensed last year. This is more than twice the number a decade ago and represents, on average, one private car for every 22 people. But this...
- 1997.11.03
Press Releases
The Consumer Council welcomes the Government's announcement that it is taking steps to make its existing competition policy 'more proactive, transparent and comprehensive'. It believes that the Government has given a clear signal of the importance it...
- 1997.10.15
CHOICE # 252
Is a subsidiary credit card a free gift with no strings attached? If you think so, you could not be more mistaken. A Consumer Council survey has revealed that subsidiary credit cardholders, in many instances, are probably just as liable for debts...
- 1997.10.04
Appointments to the Consumer Council
A government spokesman announced today (Friday) that the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has appointed Ms Anna WU Hung-yuk, JP, as the Chairman of the Consumer Council for two years as from 7 October 1997. Separately,...
- 1997.09.15
CHOICE # 251
Do computer monitors emit harmful radiations and cause short-sightedness to the eye? If so, can screen filters - an array of these products have surfaced in the market - protect the user from such adverse effects? To probe into these questions, the...