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- 2014.12.15
Electric Sterilizer Safety Test: 4 in Failure with 3 on Voluntary Product Recall - CHOICE # 458
A Consumer Council test on electric feeding bottle sterilizers has led to the recent voluntary product recall of three models found to pose potentially serious safety hazards to users. The Council has, at the first instance of findings of the test,...
- 2014.12.15
Recycling of Consumables: Emerging Lifestyle of Responsible Consumers - CHOICE # 458
For the smart consumers, recycling of consumables is set to be a growing lifestyle of the future. Recycling operations covering an expanding, diverse range of consumables have fast taken off in a concerted effort to protect Mother Nature from being...
- 2014.12.04
Reform Proposed for Electricity Market to Protect Consumer Welfare
Full report (English only) | Executive summary | PresentationThe Consumer Council recommends a progressive and holistic approach to review and reform the electricity market in Hong Kong to tackle the twin problems of combating environmental...
- 2014.11.17
CHOICE # 457
Harmful VOCs, Lead, Arsenic Detected in Emulsion Paints albeit in Small Amount USB Power Chargers Vary in Safety and Performance Council's Annual Survey Reveals Many Textbook Revisions Unwarranted Electric and Diesel Cars in Shining Test Performance...
- 2014.11.17
Council's Annual Survey Reveals Many Textbook Revisions Unwarranted - CHOICE # 457
Out of 13 revised school textbooks surveyed this year, only one was considered "necessary" for revision, according to the Consumer Council which annually surveys the textbook market for revision editions. Based on the assessment of a panel of...
- 2014.11.17
Electric and Diesel Cars in Shining Test Performance - CHOICE # 457
Electric and diesel cars have come out with shining performance in a test on 39 models of private vehicles - small family cars, large family cars, executive cars and the supermini. This is no doubt welcome news to many car owners as electric and...
- 2014.11.17
Harmful VOCs, Lead, Arsenic Detected in Emulsion Paints albeit in Small Amount - CHOICE # 457
Choosing the right interior emulsion paint to give your home a new coat of paint ahead of the Chinese New Year, is not simply a matter of decoration with the right colour choice. Beneath the surface gloss of an emulsion paint lurks the risk of...
- 2014.11.17
Popular Restaurant Egg Dishes Tested Negative for Salmonella Bacteria - But Vigilance against Its Associated Risk Must Maintain- CHOICE # 457
Eggs are ubiquitous in our daily meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner...