MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1983
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REFERRING TO THE DIFFICULTIES OF PROMOTING METRICATION AT RETAILER AND HAWKER LEVELS, MR IP FELT THAT BOTH RETAILERS AND CONSUMERS WILL NEED TIME TO GET ACCUSTOMED TO THE METRIC SYSTEM, AND TO USE WEIGHING EQUIPMENT WITH DUAL SCALE CALIBRATIONS AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT WITH UNITARY METRIC CALIBRATION. BUT HE IS CONVINCED THAT THE BENEFITS TO TRADES AND CONSUMERS BROUGHT BY A SUCCESSFUL CHANGEOVER WILL OFFSET THE PRESENT INCONVENIENCE. MR HACKER EXPLAINED THE TWO PRONGED' APPROACH IN THE NEW PUBLICITY DRIVE.
+THE FIRST PHASE IS AN UMBRELLA CAMPAIGN TO PERSUADE PEOPLE THAT METRICATION IS A GOOD THING, WHILE THE SECOND PHASE IS AN INFORMATION AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN+, HE SAID.
THE CAMPAIGN AIMS TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE HONG KONG HAS BECOME A METRIC SOCIETY WITHIN A LARGELY METRIC WORLD. DURING THIS PHASE, FOUR TELEVISION FILMS WILL BE SCREENED AS FROM TODAY TO PERSUADÉ PEOPLE THAT METRICATION IS A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER.
+THESE FILMS WILL BE COMPLEMENTED BY A SERIES OF SHORT SNAPPY INSERTS ON BASIC CONVERSIONS AND A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF POSTERS, LEAFLETS AS WELL AS OTHER USEFUL PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL,+ MR HACKER SAID.
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MORE BUILDING PLANS APPROVED
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THIRTY-SEVEN NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE APPROVED BY THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE OF THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR, COMPARED WITH 48 IN AUGUST.
OF THESE PLANS, 18 ARE FOR NEW BUILDINGS ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THREE FOR THOSE IN KOWLOON AND 16 FOR THOSE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE NEW BUILDINGS INCLUDE AN ELECTRICITY SUBSTATION IN CHUNG HOM KOK AND ANOTHER IN WAN CHAI AND A VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL AT LAI YIP STREET, KOWLOON BAY.
THE DECLARED COST OF ALL NEW BUILDINGS COMPLETED DURING THE MONTH WAS $676.58 MILLION, COMPARED WITH $699.83 MILLION IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
THE USABLE FLOOR AREA OF THESE NEW BUILDINGS TOTALLED 129 514.70 SQUARE METRES, COMPRISING 88 536 SQUARE METRES OF NON-DOMESTIC AND 40 978.7 SQUARE METRES OF DOMESTIC FLOOR AREA.
IN THE SAME MONTH, THE BUILDINGS ORDINANCE OFFICE ALSO GAVE CONSENT FOR WORK TO START ON 35 NEW PROJECTS. THEY INCLUDE A SCHOOL EXTENSION AT KWAI CHUNG CIRCUIT AND A FOOTBRIDGE IN TUEN MUN.
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