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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1993
AT THE SAME TIME, THE
DEPARTMENT ALSO CONDUCTED 243 MEASURES RESULTING
INVESTIGATIONS AND 584 SPOT CHECKS ON WEIGHTS AND IN 103 PROSECUTIONS AND 133 WARNINGS LAST YEAR.
++ *WE HOPE THAT THE USE OF METRIC SYSTEM WILL HELP ΤΟ MINIMISE SUCH MALPRACTICES BY UNSCRUPULOUS MERCHANTS," MR TONGSON SAID.
ON THE ADOPTION OF METRICATION IN HONG KONG, MR TONGSON SAID THE MAJOR PROBLEM AREA WAS IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, ESPECIALLY THE NON-PREPACKED FOOD TRADE.
"IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT I
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT ΤΟ BREAK THE OLD HABIT OF USING TRADITIONAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT, BUT THE METRICATION COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK HELP AND CO-OPERATION OF THE RETAIL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE SUPERMARKETS, HE ADDED.
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AS PART OF THE PROMOTION PROGRAMME ON METRICATION, A METRIC-SCALE COUNTER WAS SET UP AT THE SHEK TONG TSUI MARKET TODAY. DEMONSTRATIONS WERE GIVEN TO THE CUSTOMERS AND STALL-OPERATORS ON THE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
OFFICERS FROM THE CUSTOMER PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO ON HAND TO EXPLAIN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE AS WELL AS ANSWERING ENQUIRIES ON SHORT-WEIGHT SALES OR OFFENCES RELATED ΤΟ THE USE OF INACCURATE WEIGHING EQUIPMENT.
APART FROM SETTING UP MORE METRIC-SCALE COUNTERS IN PUBLIC MARKETS, THE METRICATION COMMITTEE WILL ALSO ORGANISE A TERRITORY-WIDE CHINESE ESSAY-WRITING COMPETITION AMONG PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STUDENTS TO AROUSE THEIR AWARENESS OF "BONG KONG GOING METRIC".
CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL VENTILATION SYSTEM
IS
THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT
INVITING APPLICATIONS FROM CONTRACTORS TO PREQUALIFY FOR TENDERING FOR THE TUNNEL VENTILATION AND CENTRAL. MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS CONTRACT FOR THE ROUTE 3 CHEUNG CHING TUNNEL ON TSING YI.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE CONTRACT WORKS COMPRISE MAINLY THE DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, INSTALLATION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING OF THE TUNNEL VENTILATION AND CENTRAL MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THE TUNNEL.
DETAILS OF THE PREQUALIFICATION
INVITAT LON
ARE CONTAINED
IN
THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY).
/CONTRACTORS WITH