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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1982
THIS COMPARES WITH 47.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY, OR 274.775 MILLION CUBIC METRES, AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.
HOWEVER MR TOMLINSON STRESSED THE NEED FOR MAXIMUM ECONOMY IN THE USE OF WATER AT ALL TIMES.
PIECE GOODS AND TAILORING TRADES GO METRIC
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THE CURRENT METRIC CHANGEOVER OF THE PIECE GOODS AND TAILORING TRADES HAS RECEIVED FULL SUPPORT FROM THE RESPECTIVE TRADESMEN AND TRADE ASSOCIATIONS, ACCORDING TO MISS ALYSON MAR, CHAIRPERSON OF THE CLOTHING AND FASHION WORKING GROUP OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE.
MISS MAR TOLD A LUNCH MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON EAST TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT SHE WAS OPTIMISTIC THE TRADES WOULD GO FULLY METRIC BY MID-1983.
+THE HONG KONG PIECE GOODS ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON EUROPEAN DRESS MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION HAVE PLAYED AN ACTIVE PART IN THE TRADES' METRICATION PROGRAMME, SHE SAID.
+MOREOVER, THEY HAVE ARRANGED METRICATION SEMINARS FOR INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE TRADES WHEREBY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE KNOWS THAT THE TRADES ARE BASICALLY IN FAVOUR OF SELLING FABRICS IN METRIC UNITS, SHE ADDED.
MISS MAR ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT THE METRICATION PROGRAMME WAS IN THE INTEREST OF BOTH THE TRADES AND THE CONSUMERS.
+FOR TEN YEARS, FABRICS HAVE BEEN IMPORTED IN METRIC, SHE SAID, +BUT LOCAL MERCHANTS HAVE RENDERED THEM INTO IMPERIAL UNITS IN THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STAGES. NOW THE PROGRAMME WILL SAVE THE TRADES A LOT OF TROUBLE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MISS MAR SAID THE CONSUMERS WOULD BENEF IT FROM THE METRICATION PROGRAMME AS THEY WERE LESS LIKELY TO BE CHEATED IN CALCULATION.
AS AN INTER IN MEASURE BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND THE END OF NEXT MARCH, METRIC AND IMPERIAL UNITS WILL BE CONCURRENTLY USED BY THE TRADES.
+ALL FABRICS SOLD IN THIS PERIOD WILL BEAR DUAL PRICES, CALCULATED IN METRIC AND IMPERIAL UNITS, MISS MAR SAID.
THE NEW +METRESTICK+ AND +HALF-METRE RULER+ PRODUCED FOR THE TRADES WILL ALSO BEAR CALIBRATIONS IN METRIC AND IMPERIAL UNITS.
MISS MAR SAID THAT LARGE QUANTITIES OF PROMOTION POSTERS AND CONVERSION CHARTS HAD ALSO BEEN PRODUCED TO FACILITATE THE CHANGEOVER.
SHE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS TRADESMEN WOULD GIVE FULL SUPPORT TO THE METRICATION PROGRAMME.