Supplementary to Question No. 1
in LegCo Meeting on 20.11.85
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Mr. Cheung, Yan-lung :- Sir, since the launching of the metrication
programme, what is the total government expenditure in this area;
and will Government adopt the "weather hotline" system so as to
provide people with a conversion rate for the metric system over
a hot line?
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Secretary for Trade and Industry:- Sir, there has been a six-year
programme under which the Metrication Committee was provided with
a budget of $3.2 million and this was for the period from 1978 to
1984 and in addition the Metrication Committee has had the support
from the Government Information Services, General Publicity Vote as
well as from sponsors, and over the years a total of $350,000 has
been received from commercial sponsors. The programme I have referred
to covers the period up to 1984 but Mr. Cheung may like to know that
in the current year, an allocation of $20,000 is available in the
Government Information Services Publicity Vote for publicity purposes
of the Metrication Committee.
As regards Mr Cheung's very constructive suggestion of a hot line,
I am afraid that there is no programme for its inclusion, but I will
certainly convey this interesting suggestion to the Metrication
Committee for consideration.