The number of direct investigations led by Hong Kong’s ombudsman has dropped by nearly 60 per cent, reaching the lowest level in five years, as his office increasingly relied on mediation to “foster harmony” when handling complaints. A comparison of the latest annual report from Ombudsman Jack Chan Jick-chi on Wednesday with past versions also…
Customers of a Hong Kong medical group suspected of abruptly ceasing operations discovered its Tsim Sha Tsui clinic was closed on Friday, with some clients having spent more than HK$10,000 (US$1,290) on getting vaccines for their children. A Post reporter visited the Alliance Medical Group clinic, which is located in a commercial building on Ashley…
Local bedding company Sea Horse has threatened legal action against Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog for giving one of its mattresses the lowest score out of 14 sampled and describing it as “very hard,” stressing its ultra-firm range was developed after extensive research and testing. The company on Wednesday slammed a recent mattress test by the…
The popularity of electric vehicles is accelerating rapidly, and recent years have seen an increasing number of mainland-built cars joining Teslas in plying Hong Kong’s highways and byways. By the end of November last year, there were about 107,000 EVs in the city, according to the Environmental Protection Department. That’s a sharp rise of more…