Metrication Ordinance

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Metrication Ordinance
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Long title
  • 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
Bill published on11 June 1976
Introduced byFinancial Secretary Charles Philip Haddon-Cave
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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