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4.
There is no denying that much remains to be
it
done in the traditional market places, where there appears
to be reluctance to going metric.
While it is the
intention of the Metrication Committee to concentrate
its efforts in this area, I am afraid it would be extremely
rash of me to attempt any forecast of the likely timetable
for the achievement of this goal. In the final analysis,
metrication in all retail markets will be attained when
there is willingness and a desire on the part of both the
retailers and the general public for this change.
5.
To the consumer, the implementation of
metrication will remove the confusion which results from
different systems being used simultaneously: it should make
price comparison easier. However, to the extent that
the standard unit in the hawker and market stalls is the
catty there is already ease of comparison. I suspect that
the pressure for change will come through competition from the supermarkets with their prepackaged items with metric
units.
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