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SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1982

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METRICATION TV FILM TO BE RE-SCREENED

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PEOPLE WHO MISSED THE 30-MINUTE TV PROGRAMME AN INTRODUCTION TO METRICATION' WHEN IT WAS FIRST SCREENED IN 1980 WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO SEE IT NEXT MONTH (FEBRUARY) WHEN IT GOES ON AIR FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THE CHINESE CHANNELS OF THE TWO STATIONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID, IT IS WORTHWHILE TO SCREEN THE PROGRAMME AGAIN AS PART OF THE COMMENTARY HAS BEEN REVISED TO GIVE VIEWERS A CLEARER CONCEPT OF THE METRIC SYSTEM.+

+ALTHOUGH THE PROGRAMME IS MAINLY AIMED AT EDUCATORS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR STUDENTS, WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM IT,+ HE ADDED.

THE SCREENING SCHEDULE WILL BE AS FOLLOWS.

TVB

JADE

FEBRUARY 3, 1982 (WEDNESDAY)

9.45 AM

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10.15 AM

RTV

1

FEBRUARY 17, 1982 (WEDNESDAY)

5.15 PM

-

5.45 PM

AND

FEBRUARY 20, 1982 (SATURDAY)

9.30 AM

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10 AM

A CIRCULAR HAS BEEN SENT TO HEADS OF SCHOOLS ADVISING THEM OF THE SCREENING TIME SO THAT THEY MAY RECORD THE PROGRAMME FOR PEDAGOGIC PURPOSE.

THE PROGRAMME, JOINTLY PRODUCED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART FEATURES THE SEVEN BASE UNITS FOR LENGTH, MASS, TIME, TEMPERATURE, ELECTRIC CURRENT, LUMINOUS INTENSITY AND AMOUNT OF SUBSTANCE AND THE SECOND PART INTRODUCES THE MORE COMPLICATED DERIVED UNITS FOR AREA, VOLUME, VELOCITY FORCE, PRESSURE, ENERGY AND ELECTRIC POTENTIAL.

THERE ARE ILLUSTRATIONS TO GIVE VIEWERS A BETTER IDEA OF THE MEASUREMENTS IN METRIC UNITS OF THINGS THEY COME ACROSS IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

IN ADDITION, THE PROGRAMME WILL EXPLAIN HOW THESE BASE UNITS AND DERIVED UNITS SHOULD BE APPLIED AND EXPRESSED IN THE PROPER SI FORM.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE FILM IS THE NEW CHINESE TERMINOLOGY FOR THE $1, WHICH WILL MAKE THE SYSTEM EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.

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