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Nine job-seekers have accused an unnamed education center in Mong Kok of putting them under pressure to engage in pyramid-selling.
Quat said the institute pressed the recruits to become course promoters and to subscribe to those courses, costing HK$10,000 to HK$50,000.<\/p>\n
She estimates the total amount involved is more than HK$100,000.<\/p>\n
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“The center told them that as course promoters, they need to better understand the courses – including English and finance – by subscribing to them,” Quat said.<\/p>\n
Committee vice chairman Lai Wing- ho said courses were compulsory for recruitment agents, otherwise they were not allowed to promote them.<\/p>\n
Lai said after subscribing, the complainants were required to provide contact details of their families, relatives and friends for marketing and to promote courses provided by the center.<\/p>\n
“They suspected it was a pyramid- selling practice,” he said, adding that if they refused to provide such details, they were told they would not be allowed to complete the courses.<\/p>\n
One complainant, identified only as Wong, said he had been asked by the center to provide a contact list of his friends.<\/p>\n
“I did not realize the problem until one of my friends told me it was inappropriate,” Wong said, adding that he did not have a basic salary.<\/p>\n
“The center kept encouraging me to promote the courses. They told me I would receive HK$1,000 for every person I persuaded to subscribe to the courses.”<\/p>\n
Lai said the center is still operating.<\/p>\n
With the summer holidays approaching, Quat warned school leavers and summer job-seekers to beware of job traps.<\/p>\n
The DAB called on the government to strengthen education among the public on how to avoid falling into such traps.<\/p>\n
A police spokeswoman said: “Since the cases are under investigation, we will not make any comment at this time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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