Metrication Ordinance

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Metrication Ordinance
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
  • An Ordinance to provide for the replacement in enactments of non-metric units by metric units and for matters connected therewith.
CitationCap. 245
Enacted byLegislative Council of Hong Kong
Commenced9 July 1976
Legislative history
Introduced byFinancial Secretary Charles Philip Haddon-Cave
Introduced11 June 1976
First reading23 June 1976
Second reading7 July 1976
Third reading7 July 1976
Status: Current legislation

The Metrication Ordinance was enacted in 1976 in Hong Kong. The law allowed a gradual replacement of the Imperial units and Chinese units of measurement in favour of the International System of Units Metric System. The adoption was facilitated under the government's Metrication Committee.[1]

References

  1. ^ Yearbook HK. "Yearbook." Metrication. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.


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