
Legislators call for broader consumer protections in wellness sector following Hotstone Yoga shutdown
Hong Kong lawmakers are pushing to expand a proposed cooling-off law for prepaid contracts to include diverse wellness services, following the sudden closure of Hotstone Yoga, which left customers with HK$3.9 million in claimed financial losses.
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The government plans to introduce a bill in the Legislative Council next year to establish a cooling-off period for prepaid fitness and beauty contracts.
Hong Kong lawmakers have urged the government to widen the scope of a proposed statutory cooling-off law to cover more types of wellness market trends after the abrupt shutdown of the Hotstone Yoga chain, as claimed financial losses by customers rose to HK$3.9 million (US$497,030).
Their calls followed the government’s commitment to introduce a bill in the Legislative Council in the first half of next year that would establish a statutory cooling-off period for prepaid fitness and beauty contracts.
However, lawmakers said on Friday that the current proposals were too narrowly focused on fitness centres and beauty parlours, leaving consumers unprotected against evolving wellness trends.
Lawmaker Jeff Yiu Ming said the legislation needed to keep pace with shifting market trends, pointing out that fitness offerings now included kickboxing, Pilates and yoga.
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Government to introduce cooling-off bill in first half of next year.
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