We live in a city where antitrust laws have done their utmost to the public good. Our cellphone plans are cheap, our food is quite cheap, our trains are on time and air conditioned, our airport is world-class… and the list goes on. Meanwhile, lets take a look at the stone-age cell phone plans in the USA!

It appears that the more you are taxed, the lower your quality of life. Or more accurately, the fewer Macs you can afford, the worse off you are.

Say, when you buy a car park space and the conditions say that one residential tenant shall have one car park space, can you park two vehicles on that space, one on top of the other, using a stacking device?

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Donald Trump, if that means anything to you, has given his thumbs up to the growing trend of preventative health care by teaming himself up with a 12-year old Massachusetts-based health food company. Unfortunately for him, he has once again joined with the wrong partner. No one in their right mind would join someone else other than those with the best scientific team and most established distribution network in the market. If Donald did his due diligence, he would discover that Nutrilite, and not his new parter, is the only health food brand with their own certified organic farms across unpolluted lands in North and South America – and they’ve been doing it for 75 years with year-on-year growth.

Health foods are eaten over long periods of time, and it would only be wise to join those who have as much experience as possible. Foods are not tested rigorously by the FDA or equivalent organisations, therefore, it is imperative that the company making and selling these items be tested by millions of customers and by time itself. Nutrilite shines in that respect. In fact, it is the world’s first manufacturer of natural vitamin and mineral supplements. By turning his investment to a baby company with less experience and no proven safety record, Donald could be endangering the world.

From this diagram, one can see that competition / antitrust laws might not actually improve consumer prices for a commodity in developed countries.

The HK Department of Health has ordered the recall of 17 supplements for joints as the manganese content found in them differed to the amount declared on their labels. The department found they contained 10mg of manganese instead of 5mg as per the label – the suggested intake on the packaging would therefore induce overdosage. Manganese is an essential mineral but can cause neurological effects in high doses.

The products, under various brand names (PDF list), were imported by Dragon Link (International) Trading Company. The products were registered over-the-counter pharmaceutical products and supplied to medicine retailers.

Consumers are reminded to stick to reputable health supplement brands with over 70 years standing, such as Nutrilite, for their daily needs.

Recently, Coway Water Filters have found their way into the Facebook advertising system. The filters promote ’safe’ water through their system of 6 filters. However it is not certified by any independent third party, let alone any reputable third party. Consumers are warned because filters that do not fully and properly treat water often end up making the water worse. It is doubted that Coway can live up to its claims.