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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1980
TV FILM ON METRICATION
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A NEW 30-MINUTE TELEVISION PROGRAMME INTRODUCING THE METRIC SYSTEM (SI) WILL BE SCREENED THIS MONTH BY THE TWO TELEVISION STATIONS.
THE FILM WAS JOINTLY PRODUCED BY THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE METRICATION COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE PUBLICITY PROGRAMME FOR THE METRICATION CAMPAIGN.
THE SCREENING TIME HAS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY AND JULY 19 AT 11.30 AM ON TVB JADE AND JULY 19 AND 20 AT 12.15 PM AND 12.30 PM RESPECTIVELY ON RTV 1.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID THE FILM, ENTITLED "AN INTRODUCTION TO METRICATION, IS AIMED AT ENCOURAGING EDUCATORS TO ADOPT THE METRIC UNITS INTO THEIR SYLLABUSES.
+WE ARE ALSO SURE THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS, WILL BENEFIT FROM IT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE PROGRAMME, FEATURING THE SEVEN BASE UNITS LENGTH, MASS, TIME, TEMPERATURE, ELECTRIC CURRENT, LUMINOUS INTENSITY AND AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE, WILL GIVE THE VIEWERS A CLEARER CONCEPT OF THE VARIOUS UNITS IN METRIC.
WITH THE USE OF ILLUSTRATIONS, IT WILL HELP TV VIEWERS TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE MEASUREMENTS IN METRIC UNITS OF THINGS THEY COME ACROSS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
FOR INSTANCE, NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN VISUALISE THE LENGTH OF ONE METRE WITHOUT THE USE OF A MEASURING DEVICE THE FILM WILL IMPRESS ON THE VIEWERS' MINDS THAT NORMALLY THE HEIGHT FROM THE FLOOR TO A DOOR HANDLE IS ABOUT ONE METRE.
THE SECOND PART OF THE TV PROGRAMME WILL INTRODUCE THE MORE COMPLICATED DERIVED UNITS INCLUDING AREA, VOLUME, VELOCITY, FORCE, PRESSURE, ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL.
IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAMME WILL EXPLAIN HOW THESE BASE UNITS AND DERIVED UNITS SHOULD BE APPLIED AND EXPRESSED IN THE PROPER SI FORM, AND WHAT ARE THE NON-METRIC UNITS STILL IN USE INTERNATIONALLY.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT RAISED IN THE FILM IS THE NEW CHINESE TERMINOLOGY FOR THE SI.
+ IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THE BASIC PRINCIPLE SET BY THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND AFTER CAREFUL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CHINESE METRIC TERMINOLOGY USED BY THE MAJORITY OF THE CHINESE POPULATION IN THE WORLD, THE METRICATION COMMITTEE HAD ADOPTED A CHINESE METRIC LANGUAGE THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE AND LOGICAL, ✦ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HOWEVER, HE ADDED THAT THE NEW CHINESE METRIC TERMS WILL MAKE THE SYSTEM EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.
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