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- 2014.10.15
The Traditional Digital Stick Thermometers Are Highly Accurate butLowly Priced - CHOICE # 456 (October 15, 2014)
A good thermometer is your first line of alert against fever, a sign of many communicable diseases. For obvious reasons it has to be, above all else, highly accurate. But it does not necessarily have to be highly priced. On the contrary, the reverse...
- 2014.09.15
Beware of Preservative and Other Allergen Ingredients in Baby Wipe Products - CHOICE # 455
Busy moms and dads beware! Think twice before you use baby wipe products to cleanse your baby's bottom, face or hands. For these products may contain preservatives, among other ingredients, that may do harm to the sensitive skin of babies. In a study...
- 2014.09.15
CHOICE # 455
Safety Performance of Child Car Seats Crucial to Impending Proposed Mandatory Use Expert Verdict: Most Health Claims on Milk Powder Products for the ageing may not be Well Substantiated Beware of Preservative and Other Allergen Ingredients in Baby...
- 2014.09.15
Expert Verdict: Most Health Claims on Milk Powder Products for the ageing may not be Well Substantiated - CHOICE # 455
How credible are the health claims on milk powder products specially formulated for the middle-aged and above? Are these products really essential and necessary to the grown-up like infant formula to the babies? The Consumer Council has conducted a...
- 2014.09.15
Moderate Rise in School Textbook Expenditures 2014 - CHOICE # 455
Textbook expenditure for the secondary school sector edged up a slight 0.6% on average this year compared with the previous year, according to the annual Consumer Council survey on 51 secondary schools across Hong Kong. The expenditure amounted to an...
- 2014.09.15
Motorists Urged to Pay Heed to Details Regarding Public Carpark Charges - CHOICE # 455
The devil is in the details. This probably aptly applies to the terms and conditions governing fees and charges in the usage of public carparks. Often the fine details of such terms and conditions appear in obscure notices or in small print evading...
- 2014.09.15
Safety Performance of Child Car Seats Crucial to Impending Proposed Mandatory Use - CHOICE # 455
An unreliable child car seat is unquestionably a poor choice. It gives the user a false sense of security and worse, in the event of a collision, fails to deliver effective crash protection to the child passenger. The Consumer Council has produced...
- 2014.08.14
Beware of Pitfalls upon Expiry of Telecom Service Contracts - CHOICE # 454
Many mobile phone users are seemingly unaware of the pitfalls they face when their telecom service contracts are up for renewal or expiry. At least two pitfalls have been commonly identified. First, if you allow your contract to lapse without renewal...