Press Releases

Find out about CASE’s latest announcements and access our archive of press releases.

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2011 Press Release

21 December 2011	CASE Takes Concord Developments To Court
14 December 2011	CASE works with two associations to enhance transparency
28 November 2011	57 CaseTrust accredited spas now have insurance scheme in place for consumers List Of Spa And Wellness businesses Offering Spa Protection Scheme Spa and Wellness Businesses with Declaration of Non Collections of Pre Payments
25 November 2011	Launch Of The Revamped CaseTrust Certificate
20 October 2011	ASAS To Work Closer With Authorities
18 October 2011	Appeal Court Dismisses Stansfield's Claims Against CASE
19 September 2011	CASE Saw Improvement From Previous Rounds Of Test For Hallmarking Standards Of Gold Sold In Our Shops Guide on the fineness of gold used for different parts of the jewellery Gold jewellery pieces that did not meet the fineness requirements
7 September 2011	CASE signs Memorandum of Understanding with Korea Food Safety Information Center
1 September 2011	Increased FIDREC-NIMA limit from 1 September 2011
29 July 2011	Industry Stakeholders Organise First "Travelling & You" Seminar
13 July 2011	SPRING Joins Hands With CASE, Retailers And Suppliers To Ensure Safer Toys List of toys here
30 June 2011	Compulsory Insurance For CaseTrust Spas From July
9 June 2011	Hawker Food Remains Affordable For Singaporeans Spreadsheet on survey here.
18 May 2011	High Court Dismisses Stansfield's Claims Against CASE; Stansfield Ordered To Pay Cost To CASE
11 May 2011	CASE launches educational brochure on airlines The brochure is available here.
15 March 2011	Collaboration between CASE & STB sends a stronger signal to recalcitrant retailers to curb unfair trade practices
13 March 2011	Walk With CASE 2011
9 February 2011	CASE Recovered $3.8 million For Consumers In 2010

2010 Press Release

20 November 2010	CASE Launches "Knowledge Is Protection" Campaign
4 November 2010	Latest: Information Release on Subtle Senses
29 October 2010	Information Releases on: Subtle Senses LGM Limited (Singapore Branch)
28 October 2010	Media Advisory - CASE Is Not Working With The World Bank
20 October 2010	Media Advisory - Subtle Senses Pte Ltd
26 August 2010	CASE signs MOU with FOMCA
16 August 2010	Nearly half of toys tested by CASE were found to contain harmful chemicals Pictures of affected toys
18 June 2010	CASE Entered Consent Judgement Against Garraway Enterprises Limited Singapore Branch
5 May 2010	CASE Survey of 150 Retailers Found Most Have Exchange or Refund Policy Annex A and B
14 April 2010	CASE Officially Launches New Spa Accreditation Scheme to promote fair trading Annex 1
18 March 2010	Motor Insurance Taskforce's Recommendations to Address Escalating Premiums Issue
15 March 2010	CASE signs MOU with Macao SAR Government Consumer Council
12 March 2010	Join CASE And MoneySense At “Our Money, Our Rights” Carnival On 13-14 March 2010
4 March 2010	Toxic Chemical Found In "Extrusion Bean" Toy Annex
4 February 2010	Minibond Noteholders Can Look Forward To Some Form Of Refund Of Their Investment Principal
29 January 2010	CASE Recovered $3 million For Consumer In 2009 Annex A
20 January 2010	CASE Found Another 4 Gold Jewellery Retailers Not Fulfilling The Gold Fineness Standard. Annex A - Result of the Gold Survey

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2009 Press Release

14 December 2009	CASE Found Brands Reducing Their Quantity And Not Price
13 November 2009	Redress Options For Consumers Affected By Closure Of Spa
12 November 2009	12 PEOs Have Their Suspension Lifted By CaseTrust
6 November 2009	CASE And Group RCI Launched Joint Public Educational Seminar On Timeshare
3 November 2009	CaseTrust Suspenses 16 Private Education Organisations For Lapse In The Student Protection Scheme
14 August 2009	Consumer Alert: High Court Stands By Decision To Grant Interim Injunction Against Garraway
23 July 2009	CASE Reveals Findings Of Investigation Into Brookes Business School
17 July 2009	De-registration of Brookes Business School
7 July 2009	Response To Lehman Investigation Findings Released By MAS
29 June 2009	CASE Introduces Its New Central Committee
24 June 2009	CASE And SVTA Launch Joint-Accreditation Scheme
11 June 2009	CASE Found Two Companies Misusing The Green Label Issued By SEC
18 May 2009	CASE Found More Than 50% Vendors Surveyed Not Displaying Prices Upfront
24 April 2009	CASE Signs MOU With SVTA On 26 April 2009
23 April 2009	CASE's 'Fair Trading And You' Carnival on 25 April 2009
13 March 2009	Celebrate World Consumer Rights Day With CASE
12 March 2009	CASE Supports the Proposals Announced by MAS to Tighten the Rules Relating to the Sales of Unlisted Investment Products
5 February 2009	CASE Takes A 4^th Company, Garraway To Court
28 January 2009	Most Food Stalls Did Not Increase Prices
16 January 2009	CASE Urges Financial Institutions to Expedite Settlement Offers

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2008 Press Release

28 November 2008	CASE Found One-Sixth Of The Gold Jewellery Retailers Surveyed Not Fulfilling The Gold Fineness Standard (The report on the testing can be found here.)
24 September 2008	CASE Did Not Infringe Competition Act
6 August 2008	CASE Revealed Cost Savings Up To $710 For Mothers Who Breastfeed For 6 Months After Childbirth
5 August 2008	CASE Welcomes CCS’s Decision To Advise IEA To Remove The Fee Guidelines
1 July 2008	ASAS?announcement of amendments to Singapore Code of Advertising Practice
27 June 2008	CASE found competitively priced cooked food across Singapore (Click here to download complete price survey listings and here for annexes)
18 June 2008	CASE Reports Moderate Increase In Rice Prices From Survey Findings (Click here to download survey annexes)
11 June 2008	CASE Entered Judgment Against Naughty By Nature Pte Ltd
9 June 2008	Judgement Entered Against Global Europ
15 May 2008	High Court Judge Rejects Stansfield's Appeal
14 May 2008	CASE Found Prices Of Fragrant Rice In Supermarkets Varied, Some Of Such Price Differences Can Be As High As 48%
2 May 2008	CASE Reveals Grocery Survey Results: More than 160 budget items in SuperMarkets
28 March 2008	Stansfield Application For Summary Judgement Dismissed
14 March 2008	Walk With CASE Towards a Healthy Lifestyle
14 Feb 2008	CASE's response to Stansfield's press release relating to their application to the High Court under Order 14
4 Jan 2008	CASE-SOA Public Seminar: Who Cares For Your Eyes?

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2007 Press releases

14 Dec 2007	CASE Warns Consumers on Retailers Selling Thawed Meat as Chilled Meat
23 Nov 2007	CASE Clarifies on Complaint Lodged by Stansfield College
17 Sep 2007	CASE Calls for Transparency from Asialinx
07 Sep 2007	CASE Obtains Interim Injunction Against Global Europ
05 Sep 2007	CASE And Orion's Belt Network Agrees On Out-Of-Court Settlement
03 Sep 2007	CASE Takes Court Action Against A Second Company
30 Jul 2007	New Guidelines For Portrayal Of Persons In Advertsements
24 Jul 2007	CASE Conducts Price Survey Of Household Items
03 Jul 2007	CASE WARNS CONSUMERS ABOUT TIMESHARE RESALE / LEASING COMPANY AZTEX INT'L PTE LTD
25 Jun 2007	CASE disappointed by CCS' decision
13 Jun 2007	CASE tests found hair dyes safe
04 Jun 2007	Explanations on NETS Transaction Fee Increases
01 Jun 2007	CASE Supermarket Survey on Milk & Sugar Prices
04 Apr 2007	CASE Islandwide Price Survey Of Coffee & Tea & Soft or Canned Drink
14 Mar 2007	CASE and Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore conduct price survey of medicines for World Consumer Rights Day
19 Feb 2007	CASE and NATAS say no to “zero tour fare”
14 Feb 2007	CASE conducts price survey of household items

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2006 Press Releases

20 Oct 2006	CASE celebrates 35th anniversary
22 Aug 2006	Consumers Association of Singapore introduces new Central Committee
26 Jul 2006	CASE & NATAS Launches Joint Accreditation for Travel Agencies
Jul 2006	Model Agreements and Transparent Advertisements from Accredited Employment Agencies from 15 Sep 2006
19 Jul 2006	CASE and American Express Foundation Offer Financial Advice to Help Singaporeans Manage Their Finances
08 Feb 2006	Public Consultation on the Proposed Amendments to the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act

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2005 Press releases

05 Sep 2005	Consumers Association of Singapore and China Consumers’ Association sign MOU to strengthen collaborations on product testing and share initiatives on consumer protection
05 Aug 2005	CASE and LIA to launch initiatives to promote a more financial savvy society
05 Aug 2005	Ad claims: What you see is often not what you get
02 Aug 2005	Beauty, At What Price?
19 May 2005	CASE and Singapore Retailers Association (SRA) launch a joint accreditation scheme for the retail industry
17 May 2005	17 Shops caught this year for breaching food regulations
13 Apr 2005	Update on student protection scheme and implementation of all requirements of CaseTrust for Education
06 Apr 2005	CASE investigates if energy-saving lamps live up to their claims (Please click here for the brand list of lamps that passed our tests)
14 Mar 2005	10,819 cases of unfair trade practices identified for the first year of the Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act (March 2004-Feb 2005)
01 Mar 2005	Greater Prominence of Code of Advertising Practice in 2004 - with Annexes
19 Jan 2005	CASE is pleased with NETS' agreement to refund consumers affected by i-chq matter
04 Jan 2005	Pricing structure of school bus service to be explained

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