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The Pulse：Lancôme cancels concert with activist singer Denise Ho, the lead-contaminated water enquir

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International brands like to use the faces and talents of stars and celebrities to boost sales of their products. In the spirit of cultural relativity and maximised profits, some are also driven to pander to potentially huge markets, whatever the ethical or reputational cost. Enter Lancôme.
Last year, Chief Secretary Carrie Lam complained that it was “humiliating” and an assault on government dignity to ask officials to drink leaded water they had claimed to be safe for the rest of us. A doctor at the Centre for Heath Protection, Regina Ching, claimed the lead levels in Hong Kong’s contaminated water would “not pose danger in the course of a lifetime,” and Pro-government legislator Ng Leung-sing assured us that drinking leaded water would actually improve your health. Well, the recent independent report on the contaminated water in certain areas says yes, it was a problem, and the cause of the incident was a “collective failure" of all the government departments invovled.
With less than three months to go to this year’s Legco election, many have already expressed their interest in running. In the geographical constituencies political parties are gearing up their strategies for optimizing their candidates’ chances. The entry of the younger generation into politics has left the pro-democratic camp with its widely-publicised share of divisions and diversions. Now, things are not running so smoothly for the DAB either. With us in the studio to talk about the upcoming Legco election is Chung Kim-wah, Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Social Science at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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