Hong Kong people are enthusiastic travellers. Many go to Thailand and many to Malaysia but many also go to South Korea, Japan and Singapore.

KPMG has released the Bi-annual Report on the Consumer & Retail Sector in China,2025 H2. Facing complex domestic and global headwinds in 2025...

The Council has no directly attacking teeth but is charged with protecting the interests of the consumer which it does by whistleblowing.

Rampant digitisation, pressure on ESG, post-Covid upheaval – our video series tackles the big trends in the booming Asia-Pacific consumer sector

Rampant digitisation, pressure on ESG, post-Covid upheaval – our video series tackles the big trends in the booming Asia-Pacific consumer sector

Food analysis in Hong Kong has progressed into a high tech mode. This has been demonstrated by the Hong Kong Consumer Council...

Adelaide Luke (Partner, Hong Kong) and Patrick Gay (Partner, Sydney) discuss common anti-trust pitfalls that arise in distribution systems, including Retail Price Maintenance and exclusivity.

In 57 test samples including nutrition labelling, 23 was found to have discrepancies between their actual nutrient contents and the value declared in the label.

Hong Kong is introducing sweeping reforms to its unsecured lending market, targeting predatory practices that have long exposed vulnerable borrowers and innocent third parties to aggressive debt collection. The new measures, set to roll out in two phases starting August 2026, will impose debt servicing ratio caps on low-income earners, ban the use of loan referees, and mandate credit reporting through a centralised platform.

Under Data Protection Principle 4 ("DPP4") scheduled to the PDPO the collector of personal data is obliged to take all practicable steps to ensure that the personal data are protected against unauthorized access.

Hong Kong has launched a two-month consultation period on introducing a statutory cooling-off period for and imposing a contract duration limitation on pre-paid consumer contracts in the beauty and fitness industries. This initiative targets longstanding issues of unfair trade practices (“UTP”) to protect the rights and interests of consumers by amending the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (“TDO”), the primary consumer protection legislation in Hong Kong.

In the late 1940s, Mr Tsang Kei Hung ("Mr Tsang Senior") married Madam Leung according to Chinese customs and she gave birth to 3 children, one of them was Dr Tsang.

In an era marked by constant disruption, the role of risk management in banking is evolving rapidly

Over the past nine months in Hong Kong, luxury retailers have encountered a challenging market. Hong Kong has traditionally been a popular destination...

In the intricate landscape of divorce proceedings, it is often said that the welfare of the child remains the preeminent, unwavering consideration to be safeguarded above all else.

According to a report by Lombard Odier, Asia-Pacific is set to become the largest wealth hub by 2026, with an estimated population growth of 59.8%

Hong Kong proposes statutory cooling-off periods and contract duration caps for beauty and fitness services to combat unfair trade practices. The consultation seeks to amend the Trade Descriptions Ordinance following widespread complaints about aggressive sales tactics and wrongful payment acceptance. Will these measures reshape consumer protection and business models in high-risk service sectors?

Asia-Pacific region economies are often spoken of in terms of their rapid adoption of mobile communications...

Where a deceased has by his Will, or by the effects of intestacy, failed to provide properly for his spouse, children, relatives or dependants, the court may order reasonable provision to be made out of the deceased's net estate for the maintenance of them.

In today's marketplace, where cross-border e-commerce and online shopping are the norm, consumer protection has become more critical than ever.