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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1977
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE BEING REVISED
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THE GOVERNMENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF REVISING THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE, THE MERCHANDISE MARKS ORDINANCE AND THE SALE OF GOODS ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. DAVID JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MISS KO SIU-WAH, HE SAID THAT DRAFTING INSTRUCTIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN AGREED IN RESPECT OF THE REVISIONS OF THE MERCHANDISE MARKS ORDINANCE AND THE SALE OF GOODS ORDINANCE.
+REVISION OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING THE SERVICES OF SOMEONE WHO HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LEGISLATION AND WITH SETTING UP THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO BACK IT,+ MR. JEAFFRESON SAID.
WHEN THIS ADVICE HAD BEEN RECEIVED, HE SAID, WORK ON DRAFTING THE NECESSARY AMENDMENTS COULD COMMENCE.
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE HON. $.L. CHEN, THE SECRETARY SAID SECTION 2 OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE +ALREADY PROVIDES THAT THERE SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AS SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE AND THAT COPIES SHALL BE DEPOSITED WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE.+
MR. CHEN HAD ASKED WHETHER GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A STANDARDS BUREAU WHERE STANDARDS OF ALL METRIC UNITS ARE KEPT SO THAT THE ACCURACY OF ALL METRIC UNITS CAN BE VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED.
MR. JEAFFRESON SAID THAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COPIES WERE INTENDED FOR USE BY THE PUBLIC FOR REFERENCE.
HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED, AS A MATTER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONVENIENCE THE COMMISSIONER'S COPIES WERE NOW HELD BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE.
REGARDING THE PLANNED REVISION OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE, HE SAID: +AMONG THE MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THIS REVISION ÁRE THE QUESTIONS OF WHICH STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND HOW A VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION MACHINERY APPROPRIATE FOR PRESENT DAY CONDITIONS CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND OPERATED.+
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