Hong Kong authorities have arrested two women for selling counterfeit football merchandise and seized about 1,000 items, including fake jerseys of English Premier League teams Arsenal and Liverpool, who are in the city to play friendly matches in the coming week. The operation by the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department was carried out a…
Hong Kong customs has seized counterfeit Chinese proprietary medicine and other items worth HK$1.1 million (US$140,127) in raids on four shops in commercial districts, and arrested a company director and four staff members. The Customs and Excise Department said on Thursday the counterfeit medicines included Angong Niuhuang pills and Ricqles Peppermint Cure, as well as…
The suspected closure of a Hong Kong wedding decoration company has left hundreds of engaged couples in dismay, with more than HK$330,000 (US$42,000) of losses reported to the consumer watchdog. Ps Wedding & Event Decoration’s suspected shutdown came to light on Wednesday when its office was found to be closed, its social media pages had…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Stadium has published a seating chart after concertgoers complained about obstructed views, with lawmakers calling for more transparency for a better audience experience at the newly opened 50,000-seat facility. Fans who forked out large sums of money for tickets close to the stage at concerts of British band Coldplay earlier this…
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has received 22 complaints from Coldplay concertgoers who said their views were obstructed and they were not warned in advance when buying the tickets. But at least two customers who filed complaints had been informed of the blocked views during the purchase of the British band’s show at Kai Tak Stadium,…
Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog has received 22 complaints from Coldplay concertgoers who said their views were obstructed and they were not warned in advance when buying the tickets. But at least two customers who filed complaints had been informed of the blocked views during the purchase of the British band’s show at Kai Tak Stadium,…
Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a 48-year-old woman who allegedly operated an online store selling counterfeit items, seizing about 15,000 items labelled as Dior, Chanel and other luxury brands. Chow Lai-man, a senior inspector with customs’ intellectual property investigation bureau, said on Friday the counterfeit goods had an estimated market value of roughly HK$2…
Only three people were convicted in 35 cases of suspected violations of healthcare regulations related to centres offering pain relief or “bone-manipulating” services in the past three years, a Hong Kong government official revealed on Wednesday, as lawmakers raised concerns over such premises. Lawmakers also called for more proactive efforts to regulate pain treatment centres…
The two arrested owners of the closed Hong Kong gym chain Physical could avoid criminal liability by finding a new investor to continue its services, the Post has found. The owners, who are also directors of the scandal-hit chain, could mount a defence against possible charges of accepting last-minute payments for new contracts by showing…
Two directors of Hong Kong gym chain Physical have been arrested on suspicion of unfair trade practices, sources have said. The Post learned that Luk Ngai-keung was taken into custody after surrendering to customs, while his wife, Ho Yuk-wah, was apprehended police and customs officers raided her home on Wednesday morning. Customs and police officers…