+
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1983
10
ELECTRIC WIRES AND CABLES INDUSTRY GOING METRIC ******
THE ELECTRIC WIRES AND CABLES INDUSTRY IS JOINING OTHER LOCAL INDUSTRIES IN GOING METRIC.
THE METRICATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT FROM TOMORROW, METRIC UNITS WILL BE USED IN THE ELECTRIC WIRES AND CABLES TRADE.
AS AN AID FOR TECHNICIANS AND APPRENTICES OF THE TRADE AND THE CUSTOMERS, A REFERENCE CARD ON 'METRIC SIZED WIRES AND CABLES' HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY THE COMMITTEE. ITS PRINTING IS SPONSORED BY AN ELECTRICAL COMPANY,
FIFTY THOUSAND COPIES OF THIS REFERENCE CARD WILL BE DISTRIBUTED MAINLY THROUGH THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON ELECTRICAL TRADE ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS' ASSOCIATION TO THEIR MEMBERS AND THROUGH THE LOCAL ELECTRIC WIRES AND CABLES MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS TO THE IR CUSTOMERS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO GET COPIES FROM THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT AT 31/F, UNITED CENTRE, 95 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
+ THE ELECTRIC WIRES AND CABLES INDUSTRY IS ONE OF THE IMMEDIATE TARGETS OF OUR METRICATION PROGRAMME,+ SAID A METRICATION COMMITTEE SPOKESMAN.
+ IT IS MOST ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THE MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS OF THE INDUSTRY HAVE REALISED THE IMPORTANCE AND ADVANTAGES OF GOING METRIC, HE SAID.
A PANEL CONSISTING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE INDUSTRY WAS FORMED UNDER THE METRICATION COMMITTEE IN AUGUST 1979 TO COORDINATE MATTERS ARISING FROM THE TRADE'S CHANGEOVER PROCESS.
+THE PANEL HAS MADE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EFFORTS IN THIS MATTER. WITHOUT ITS SUPPORT, THE TRADE'S METRICATION PROGRAMME COULD NOT HAVE PROCEEDED SO SMOOTHLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE TWO LOCAL POWER COMPANIES HAD ALSO HELPED BY ISSUING A CIRCULAR TO CONTRACTORS, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS, CONSULTANT ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND OTHER RELATED PROFESSIONALS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO ADOPT THE METRIC UNITS WHERE ELECTRICAL
INSTALLATIONS ARE INVOLVED.
+AT THE PRESENT RATE OF PROGRESS, I AM OPTIMISTIC THAT THE ELECTRIC WIRES AND CABLES INDUSTRY WILL BE FULLY METRICATED BY THE LATTER HALF OF 1984, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/11