Medication store salesman convicted of participating in business observe involving deceptive omission for promoting Chinese language natural medication
A drugs store salesman was earlier convicted of participating in a business observe involving a deceptive omission within the sale of a Chinese language natural medication, in contravention of the Commerce Descriptions Ordinance (TDO), on the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on February 21. After being remanded in custody for 14 days, the salesperson was sentenced to 120 hours’ group service order in the present day (March 7) and should compensate the sufferer within the case by an quantity of $11,000.
Customs earlier acquired data from a Mainland customer alleging {that a} employees member of a medication store in Mong Kok misled him in the midst of promoting a Chinese language natural medication. After an investigation, it was revealed that the employees member didn’t disclose the pricing unit of the drugs regardless of the customer’s inquiry, deceptive the customer to imagine that the unit worth of the drugs was calculated per catty. After the drugs was floor into powder, the employees member revealed that it was priced per mace and value $22,400 in complete, which was 160 occasions larger than what was anticipated. Finally the customer was compelled to buy a portion of the drugs at round half the worth.
Customs has lengthy been involved about guests being misled into making purchases by unfair commerce practices and has established a Fast Response Workforce to deal with pressing complaints lodged by short-haul guests. The complaints might be promptly referred to investigators to deal with with precedence.
Customs reminds merchants to adjust to the necessities of the TDO. Customers ought to procure merchandise from respected merchants. They’re additionally reminded to test fastidiously the whole worth and unit worth of the products earlier than making a cost, and to retain the transaction receipts and associated information, which can be utilized as the idea for follow-up motion in case a criticism is lodged sooner or later.
Beneath the TDO, any dealer who engages in a business observe that omits or hides materials data or gives materials data in a way that’s unclear, unintelligible, ambiguous or premature, and consequently causes, or is prone to trigger, a mean client to make a transactional resolution, commits an offence of deceptive omissions. The utmost penalty upon conviction is a superb of $500,000 and imprisonment for 5 years.
Members of the general public might report any suspected violation of the TDO to Customs’ 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its devoted crime-reporting electronic mail account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or on-line kind (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).
Three nominations acquired for Labour Advisory Board By-election of Worker Consultant
The By-election of Worker Consultant to the Labour Advisory Board (LAB) for filling a emptiness of the present LAB time period (2025-2026) might be held on March 29 (Saturday) at Perform Rooms, 3/F, South Tower, The Salisbury – YMCA of Hong Kong, 41 Salisbury Highway, Tsim Sha Tsui. The Labour Division (LD) acquired three legitimate nominations of candidates from worker unions registered underneath the Commerce Unions Ordinance throughout the nomination interval from February 3 to 25, 2025.
The candidates, listed within the order of receipt of nomination types by the LD, are:
* Mr Yang Kaiqiang
Vice Chairman,
Hong Kong Seamen’s Union
* Mr Chong Yuk-shing
Chairman,
Hong Kong Safety Guards Alliance
* Mr Yeung Wai-leung
Chairman,
Union of Authorities College Academics
A complete of 837 worker unions registered as electors have appointed authorised representatives to vote on this by-election. The electors will quickly be told in writing of the candidate record and detailed proceedings on the by-election day. Authorised representatives might solid votes on the polling station at Perform Rooms, 3/F, South Tower, The Salisbury – YMCA of Hong Kong, from 9am to 5pm on the by-election day of March 29.
Candidates might monitor the counting of votes in individual on the by-election day. The Assistant Commissioner for Labour (Growth) will act because the Returning Officer.
The respective lists of candidates and electors with authorised representatives appointed, in addition to the principles and procedures for the by-election, can be found on the homepage of the LD (www.labour.gov.hk/eng/news/LAB_By-election2025.htm). Enquiries on issues regarding this by-election might be made at 2852 4024.
The LAB is a tripartite consultative physique comprising representatives of staff and employers to advise the Commissioner for Labour on labour issues.
