Health Clubs

23 Apr 2012

Bikini season is around the corner and Hong Kong's health clubs are buzzing. Treadmills are whirring, step masters are churning, and the sales teams are sharpening their pitches.

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Consumer Council keeps us on our toes

22 Nov 2010

Despite the number of times the Consumer Council has warned about misleading sales practices, even those who pride themselves on being realistically minded can be lured into consumer decisions...

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Get in shape at top hotels' gyms

16 Apr 2010

Going to the gym has to be one of the favourite extra-curricular activities of Hongkongers, and they are spoilt for choice even if no gym facilities are provided in their residence.

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Training and service a perfect fit at California

20 Feb 2010

California Fitness has established various trainings workshops for its employees, aimed at upholding its service, and launching exclusive fitness programmes to maintain its leading position in...

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Running a yoga business requires flexibility

1 Aug 2009

Terry Woo's profession is easy to guess. The well-built vice-president of yoga club mYoga and California Fitness in Hong Kong walks with an athlete's easy gait and radiates energy.

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No ordinary desk job for energetic finance manager

26 Jul 2008

California Fitness needs a first-class candidate with business expertise to drive the company forward

Individuals with first-class communication skills are invited to apply for a...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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EOC cancels fitness club offer to staff

The Equal Opportunities Commission will adopt higher standards when scrutinising discount packages after it cancelled a deal with a fitness club that offered its staff members and their families...

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EOC criticised for deal with fitness centre

The Equal Opportunities Commission has come under fire over a deal it has struck with a fitness club to offer staff members and their families a preferential package to work out.

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Taiwanese police raid fitness chain

Investigators have raided Taiwan's biggest health club chain after it abruptly announced it was closing due to financial troubles.

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Health club chain seeks innovator for regional role

The search is on for someone to take up the challenge of a newly created position

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Motivation is the first lesson

THE DIFFICULT THING about exercise regimes is not starting them, but sticking to the task. People begin with a burst of enthusiasm but then give up as soon as the aches and pains of the first few...

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High-pressure sales tactics can fall flat

THE EMPLOYEES OF fitness clubs know all about human psychology. They realise that most of us believe it is better to wait for the New Year or until we find a new job or a new partner, before...

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