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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989

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ENGLISH CONSUMER MAGAZINE ADVOCATED

THE

MONTHLY

MAGAZINE

COUNCIL CONSUMER

"CHOICE" WITH A THOSE CIRCULATION OF 46,400 COPIES SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH FOR

MARTIN LEE SAID IN THE CONSUMERS WHO DO NOT READ CHINESE. THE HON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

1987-88,

UNDER

TABLING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL FOR MR LEE WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL SAID THAT DURING THE YEAR REVIEW. THE COUNCIL HAD PUBLISHED ITS FIRST ENGLISH "CHOICE BUYING GUIDE 1988" WHICH BROUGHT TOGETHER THE MAJOR TESTS AND SURVEY REPORTS FROM THE THE CHOICE MAGAZINE.

VERSION ENTITLED IN ONE VOLUME ALL PRECEDING 12 ISSUES OF

ENGLISH

READING

THE CHOICE BUYING GUIDE

"THIS PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR AMONG CONSUMERS. AND VERY RECENTLY, WE PUBLISHED 1989, HE SAID,

-

IT MIGHT

SOON PUBLISH ALL MR LEE SAID HE HOPED THAT THE COUNCIL COULD ITS MAGAZINES IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT

ΤΟ PROVIDE EVEN THOUGH THEY WAS A SERVICE WHICH THEY OUGHT SUSTAIN A LOSS IN DOING SO.

WAS WHAT CONSUMER STRESSING THAT JUSTICE IN THE MARKET-PLACE

SAID THAT. REGRETTABLY, IT OFTEN PROTECTION WAS ALL ABOUT. MR LEE

PRINT OF THE TOOK QUITE A LONG TIME BEFORE THE PUBLIC COULD SEE THE COUNCIL'S WORK.

CITING THE REVAMPED TRAVEL

AGENTS ORDINANCE AS AN

MR LEE SAID THAT THE REPORT GAVE A VIVID ACCOUNT OF THE

PROCESS OF THE MADE BY THE COUNCIL IN THE LEGISLATIVE THIS ORDINANCE, BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL NOW THAT THEY WERE WITNESS ITS EFFECT.

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EXAMPLE. CONTRIBUTION AMENDMENTS TO BEGINNING TO

IS THE AMENDMENTS TO THE *ANOTHER EXAMPLE

MONEY CHANGERS

(DISCLOSURE OF RATES, CHARGES AND

ORDINANCE. THE COMMISSIONS)

MONTH, BUT, AMENDMENTS WERE PASSED INTO LAW ONLY LAST

THE CONSUMER HE NOTED. COUNCIL HAD BEEN PRESSING FOR CHANGE FOR SOME YEARS,

וי

TO TURNING TO THE REPORT ITSELF, MR LEE HIGHLIGHTED THE "RIGHT

SAID HE WAS GLAD KNOW CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, AND

HAD CAMPAIGN

BEEN IMMENSELY SUCCESSFUL THAT THE

VERY WITH,

"IF CONSUMERS TODAY STILL UNAWARE OF THE CAMPAIGN'S SLOGAN : MORE, YOU GET MORE".

FEW

YOU

ASK

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