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Stop Hong Kong retailers from selling alcohol to minors, health officials urge

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Hong Kong health officials urged the government to plug a legal loophole that allows retailers to sell alcoholic beverages to minors after a survey found students as young as nine years old have gone on binge-drinking sessions. Some 3.4 per cent of Primary Four pupils and 12.1 per cent of Secondary Six pupils had at least one experience of binge-drinking – defined as having five or more alcoholic drinks in a row within several hours – according to a Department of Health survey. Act...

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