St Kitts and Nevis Consumer Affairs Week

2009-03-17 16:38:01 by

The general public is invited to take part in activities in commemoration of Consumer Week 2009. The initial objective of the week is to educate and then encourage consumers to apply responsible shopping techniques.

Following is the schedule of activities, courtesy of NevisBlog.

Sun., March 15 ? Minister?s Message (ZIZ Radio and TV)

Mon., March 16 ? Visits to Schools and the Industrial Estate
? Nutritious Snacking Skit (ZIZ TV)

Tues., March 17 ? Visits to Schools and the Industrial Estate
? Launch of ?No Monkey Business? (ZIZ TV)

Wed., March 18 ? Consumer Affairs featured on ?Hard Talk? (Sugar City Rock)

Thurs., March 19 ? ?Cost of Living? Panel Discussion at 7:00 pm at Challengers Community Centre

Fri., March 20 ? Consumer Awareness and Health Screening from 11:00 am in Independence Square

Sat., March 21 ? Consumers Health Walk 5:30 am from Molineaux

For additional information call Consumer Affairs at 467-1550.

The Consumer Affairs Dept. has a new Director, Howard Richardson, who feels the Department is responsible for providing safe goods that are not a danger to the consumer, and are of high quality, as well as encouraging competitive pricing of goods.

Read more about Consumer Affairs at the Nevis Blog post.