SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1991
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GO-METRIC CALL FOR SALE OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
RESIDENTS TODAY (SATURDAY) ARE URGED TO USE THE METRIC UNITS IN THE SALE OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT IN MARKETS.
METRIC SCALE COUNTERS, MANNED BY STAFF OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, ARE SET UP TODAY AND TOMORROW (SUNDAY) AT THE MARKETS of THE SHEUNG WAN AND THE LOCKHART ROAD UC COMPLEXES TO AROUSE LOCAL RESIDENTS, AWARENESS AND TO FAMILIARISE THEM WITH THE USE OF METRIC UNITS.
"THE TARGET OF METRICATION FOR THE YEAR 1990/91 IS THE NON-PREPACKAGED FOOD TRADE PARTICULARLY THE SALE OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID.
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CUSTOMERS AND STALL-HOLDERS WERE ENCOURAGED TO TRY THE METRIC SCALES AT THE COUNTERS SO AS TO COMPARE THEM WITH THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE UNITS IN THE SALE OF VEGETABLES AND IMPERIAL UNITS IN THE SALE OF FRUIT.
THE METRIC SCALE COUNTER SCHEME WAS FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1983 AND WAS REPEATED IN 1984, 1985 AND 1988.
"AS THE SCHEME HAD DRAWN FAVOURABLE PUBLIC RESPONSE' THE COMMITTEE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HAD IDENTIFIED EIGHT UC MARKETS TO RUN THE METRIC SCALE COUNTERS AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE METRIC SCALE COUNTERS ARE OPEN DURING THE BUSIEST HOURS FROM 10 AM TO 12 NOON ON THE FOLLOWING DATES AND VENUES:
TRADING
DATE
MARKET
JANUARY 12 AND 13
JANUARY 19 AND 20
JANUARY 26 AND 27
FEBRUARY 2 AND 3
SHEUNG WAN LOCKHART ROAD
SAI WAN HO KOWLOON CITY
SHUI WO NGAU CHI WAN
FA YUEN STREET PO ON ROAD
INCLUDED
A
THE PUBLICITY DRIVE ALSO
TELEVISION API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST) WHICH HAS BEEN SCREENED SINCE NOVEMBER LAST YBAR. A POSTER ON THE SAME THEME HAD ALSO BEEN PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ ALLPUBLIC MARKETS, CONSUMER ADVICE CENTRES AND SUPERMARKETS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MR JAMB8 WU MAN-HON, TODAY JOINED IN WITH THE STAFF AT THE METRIC SCALE COUNTERS THE TWO MARKETS TO DISTRIBUTE METRIC CONVERSION TABLES AND SOUVENIR RED PACKETS TO VISITORS.
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