Beef

City Digest, February 4, 2013

4 Feb 2013

Food and health secretary Dr Ko Wing-man said yesterday the supply of fresh beef from the mainland was steady, amid concerns over the rising price of the meat.

Supply of mainland meat comes under probe

6 Jan 2013

An investigation into the supply of meat from the mainland is under way in an attempt to break a monopoly on wholesale beef, with a result expected in three months, the health minister said...

Calls to break monopoly of wholesale beef supplier Ng Fung Hong

1 Jan 2013

Meat retailers have called on the government to break Ng Fung Hong's monopoly of wholesale beef, as they expect a quarter of the 500 players in the business to go bust after the Lunar New Year as...

Ng Fung Hong ups beef prices by 6pc in year's sixth hike

22 Dec 2012

Hongkongers will now have to pay even more for beef, after the city's sole mainland beef distributor Ng Fung Hong announced its sixth wholesale price increase in the year.

Hong Kong should have a beef with its dodgy meat monopoly

30 Nov 2012

I am grateful to the reader who drew my attention to the letter in Monday's edition of the South China Morning Post headed "HK's economy benefits from beef monopoly".

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HK's economy benefits from beef monopoly

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