Infant Formula

HK curbs on milk formula spark debate on social media

3 Mar 2013

“Hong Kong is always championing its free market laurels. Do they think about all the fresh water, vegetables and grain [the mainland] supplies to them?” a microblogger wrote referring to the new...

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Three arrested at border 'attempting to smuggle HK$24,940 of baby formula'

26 Feb 2013

Customs and Excise Department detained a 23-year-old driver at the Lok Ma Chau border after 60 cans of formula were found hidden behind the back seat of his seven-seater van.

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Hongkongers can take a leaf out of London shop owner's book

25 Feb 2013

Would shop owners in Hong Kong be caring enough and willing to sacrifice their profits to ensure that local needs are met? No one can say for sure.

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Exco to debate two-tin milk law

22 Feb 2013

A special Executive Council meeting will be held today to discuss amending import and export laws to tackle the problem of parallel-goods trading, a source said last night. The changes -proposed...

What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost

20 Feb 2013

On a hotline to help Hong Kong mothers get baby formula receiving over 5,000 calls ...

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Letters to the Editor, February 12, 2013

Religion is probably not the first thing that comes to mind for most people when thinking of Hong Kong. But for the three of us, as leaders in our respective religious communities, religion...

Foster breastfeeding while promoting formula advertising code

New consumer protection rules for marketing and advertising tend to run the gauntlet of free-market principles. In the latest example major manufacturers of baby milk formula have cited economic...

Letters to the Editor, February 8, 2013

A priority policy should be in place not just for education, but for other services, including welfare, because people living locally contribute to the government budget as Hong Kong taxpayers.

Political wisdom, not infant formula, in short supply in Hong Kong

We often see people trying to divert attention from their inadequacies by stirring up trouble and using conflicts and setbacks to their advantage. The baby formula shortage in Hong Kong is a...

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PARALLEL TRADING

Police intervene as tempers rise over milk formula trade

As an elderly man angrily denied accusations he was a parallel-goods trader, his shouts drew in dozens of police officers, who escorted him from the scene.