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TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1980
WAN CHAI RM 303, TUNG WAH MANSION,
199-203 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI. (TEL. 5-724844)
CENTRAL AND WESTERN: WAH YING CHEONG BUILDING, 12TH FLOOR,
158-164 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. (TEL. 5-438559)
SOUTHERN: 52-64 ABERDEEN MAIN ROAD,
GROUND FLOOR, ABERDEEN.
(TEL. 5-534111, EXT. 10)
CELEBRATION EVENTS WILL ALSO BE STAGED AT PARKS AND SPORTS GROUNDS THROUGHOUT OTHER URBAN AREAS AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
DETAILS OF THESE WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER.
'THINK METRIC' FOLDER PUBLISHED ******
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLDER HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN USING THE METRIC SYSTEM.
THE BILINGUAL FOLDER, ENTITLED THINK METRIC, IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF PUBLICATIONS INTENDED TO HELP THE PÚBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE METRICATION NOW BEING GRADUALLY ADOPTED IN HONG KONG.
WITH THE USE OF ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING TV PERSONALITY MISS LYDIA SUNG, A DOUBLE DECKER BUS AND A MEASURING GLASS, THE FOLDER EXPLAINS IN SIMPLE TERMS THE USE OF THE MOST COMMON METRIC UNITS WHICH WILL AFFECT THE DAILY LIFE OF PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
MR PETER SO, SENIOR METRICATION OFFICER OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID, AS MORE THAN 99 PER CENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION IS NOW USING, OR CHANGING TO, THE METRIC SYSTEM, WE MUST ALSO CHANGE TO METRIC TO FACILITATE OUR BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS OVERSEAS.+
+WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC TO GET PREPARED FOR THE CHANGES IN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES GRADUALLY. AND TO MAKE THE CHANGES EASY FOR THEM, THEY SHOULD START TO THINK METRIC NOW, HE SAID.
HE ADDED, THE METRIC SYSTEM, WITH UNITS GOING UP AND DOWN IN TENS, IS EASY TO LEARN AND REMEMBER, AND MAKE CALCULATION FASTER AND SIMPLER.
A TOTAL OF 250 000 COPIES OF THE NEW FOLDER HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FREE TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) FROM ALL CITY DISTRICT OFFICES, DISTRICT OFFICES, POST OFFICES, MANAGEMENT OFFICES OF HOUSING ESTATES, ADVICE CENTRES OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE.
COPIES OF THE FOLDER WILL ALSO BE SENT TO SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR REFERENCE OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
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