Tag: combats

CSD combats illicit collective activities at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (with photos) ******************************************************************************************      The Correctional Services Department (CSD) today (August 19) launched an operation to combat illicit collective activities of detainees at Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution.      The management of the institution received intelligence recently that individual detainees are dissatisfied with the custodial arrangement at the institution along with the stringent requirements to obey the institutional order and routine, and have contemplated taking mass indiscipline actions. The management then closely monitored activities of the target detainees.       At 7.25am today, in accordance with the daily routine, correctional officers arranged 17 detainees ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats unfair trade practices by renovation company **********************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs today (August 16) arrested a female owner cum salesperson of a renovation company for suspected unfair trade practices of making a misleading omission and applying false trade descriptions, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that a renovation company owner cum salesperson promised her customer to lay floor tiles for the whole flat, but omitted that a specified area would not be included. She was also alleged to have applied false claims to a customer that furniture of required dimensions would be ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats unfair trade practices at renovation company **********************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs today (August 5) arrested a male director cum salesperson of a renovation company suspected of having applied false trade descriptions to the renovation service he supplied, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that a renovation company director cum salesperson had made false claims to a customer that the furniture would be tailor-made with materials of a brand designated by the customer. However, upon completion of the renovation service, it was found that the furniture was not made from the ... Read more

 It’s year two of COVID-19 and in many ways the stress and uncertainty have never gone away. Today COVID cases are climbing yet again in vulnerable, unvaccinated areas across the US. As fall and winter approaches, and we go indoors, states are bracing for a new surge of cases. People in the U.S. still stress about the virus, a situation only made worse by countless social media conspiracy theories, pseudo-science and exaggerated news headlines. Witnessing the anxiety and confusion COVID-19 caused his own patients, Dominic Gaziano M.D. set out to create a definitive guide for anyone feeling overwhelmed and under-informed. ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs combats unfair trade practices at tutorial centre *******************************************************************      Hong Kong Customs today (June 3) arrested a male director, a female tutor and a female salesperson of a tutorial centre suspected of having made false claims on the tutorial services they provided, in contravention of the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO).      Customs earlier received information alleging that staff members of a tutorial centre in Kowloon City used promotion materials with false claims in the course of sale of tutorials and claimed that a tutor has acquired a bachelor’s degree from a local university and obtained specified outstanding results in ... Read more