MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1979
COMMITTEE SET UP TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR METRICATION IN
MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES AND
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS SECTOR ******
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, PROFESSOR S.Y. KING HAS APPOINTED AN 11-MAN COMMITTEE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENCOURAGING METRICATION IN THE MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES AND IN THE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS SECTOR.
THE SECTOR COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY MR. CECIL S.0. CHAN,
當 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, WITH MR. PAUL T.S. YIN, WHO REPRESENTS THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION, AS VICE-CHAIRMAN. BOTH ARE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE.
THE OTHER MEMBERS ARE MR. ROLAND CHAN- MR. CHAN TSAN-KAN- MR. ANTHONY J. ENG- MR. PETER H.H. HUNG= MR. PHILIP LAI- DR. M.W. LUI- MR. A.C. MCDONALD MR. K.Y. TONGSON AND MR. WARNER YEH.
EACH WILL FORM AND CHAIR A WORKING GROUP TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR METRICATION IN A SPECIFIC TRADE OR INDUSTRY.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THE MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES AND THE INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS SECTOR WERE REGARDED AS AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT AREAS BEING INFLUENCED BY THE WORLD-WIDE MOVE TOWARDS THE USE OF METRIC (SI) UNITS.
HE SAID THE SECTOR COMMITTEE WOULD MAKE AN EARLY START ON DETERMINING A UNIFORM APPROACH FOR EACH INDUSTRY TO FOLLOW IN ITS METRICATION PROGRAMME.
THE SECTOR COMMITTEE'S TERM OF REFERENCE ARE
* TO MAKE A PLAN TO INTRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT AN ORDERLY
CHANGEOVER TO THE USE OF SI UNITS IN MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS.
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TO SET UP WORKING PARTIES IN THE VARIOUS RELATED AREAS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN IN THESE AREAS AND TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS TO BE ENCOUNTERED.
* BASED ON (1) AND (2), TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE
COMMITTEE ON INDIVIDUAL AND OVERALL METRICATION PROGRAMMES WITH TARGET DATES IN THIS SECTOR, INCLUDING THE NEEDS FOR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL.
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TO CO-ORDINATE AND REVIEW REGULARLY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METRICATION PROGRAMMES ENDORSED BY THE COMMITTEE IN THIS SECTOR.
TO RECEIVE AND EXAMINE COMPLAINTS AND TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS OF METRICATION ENCOUNTERED IN THIS SECTOR AND TO DEAL WITH THEM DIRECTLY OR TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE IR SOLUTION.
* TO ADVISE THE COMMITTEE ON ANY OTHER MATTER CONNECTED WITH
THIS SECTOR AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE.