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| Metrication Ordinance | |
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| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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| Citation | Cap. 214 |
| Enacted by | Legislative Council of Hong Kong |
| Commenced | 9 July 1976 |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced by | Financial Secretary Charles Philip Haddon-Cave |
| Introduced | 11 June 1976 |
| First reading | 23 June 1976 |
| Second reading | 7 July 1976 |
| Third reading | 7 July 1976 |
| Status: Current legislation | |
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The Metrication Ordinance (Chinese: ει²εΆζ’δΎ; Jyutping: sap6 zeon3 zai3 tiu4 lai6) 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]
Decades after the enactment of the law, Hong Kong still has not yet fully completed the metrication process. Wet markets continue to use Chinese or imperial units to this day.
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