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“Puangphet” orders the Office of the Consumer Protection Board to strictly inspect gold shops during Chinese New Year.

Bangkok, "Puangphet" advises that when buying gold you must look at the label, orders the Office of the Consumer Protection Board to inspect famous gold shops during the Chinese New Year festival. Mrs. Puangpetch Chunlaid, Minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office Leading the group of the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB), Samphanthawong Office Department of Internal Trade, Metropolitan Police and Gold Traders Association Visited the Yaowarat area The largest gold jewelry trading center in Bangkok To meet entrepreneurs Create an understanding of gold jewelry sales standards in accordance with the announcement of the Committee on Labels, No. 6 (2001) and No. 13 (2003). By Mrs. Puangpetch and the Office of the Consumer Protection Board visited 8 leading gold shops: 1. Gold Bai Yaowarat (1988) Co., Ltd. 2. Jin Hua Heng Gold Co., Ltd. 3. Gold Shop Co., Ltd. Thong Hua Seng Heng Co., Ltd. 4. Leng Hong Co., Ltd. 5. Limited Partnership Yu Long Kim Kee Gold Shop, 6. T.P.H. (2004) Company Limited, 7. 24 Karat Gold Company Limited, and 8. Liang Seng Heng Gold Shop Company Limited. They have inspected the gold quality according to the announcement of the committee that with specified label The gold shop must clearly display the daily selling price of gold bars and gold jewelry. The buyback price is displayed and the bonus is displayed. There is a label clearly indicating the type of product that it is a necklace, ring, or bracelet. The amount of purity of the gold jewelry is specified. Specify the unit in carats. or percentage or percentage, or you can use the symbol K or % instead, such as 96.5% or 99.99%, including the weight of each piece of gold must be clearly specified, specifying the units in grams. Or you can use the symbol g or g instead. This one also requires the price to be displayed in Thai currency. and will be specified as a different surname Or you can use the currency symbol instead. Mrs. Puangphet said that during the Chinese New Year festival Gold jewelry is a highly traded commodity. They are popularly given as souvenirs and gifts. From today's field visit, it was found that gold shop operators cooperate very well. and fully comply with the announcement of the Labeling Committee. On this occasion, we ask for cooperation from gold shops in not taking advantage of consumers. And if consumers are not treated fairly Purchased a product that was not up to standard as shown on the label. Complaints can be made through the OCPB Conncet application or by calling the OCPB hotline 1166. Source: Thai News Agency