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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1984

AT THE END OF THE INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED CLASSES, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE TESTED EITHER FOR THE HONG KONG SWIMMERS' AWARDS OR THE SWIMMING TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION SURVIVAL AWARDS.

DETAILS AND ENROLMENT FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE COUNCIL'S SWIMMING POOLS MENTIONED ABOVE BETWEEN 9 AM AND 5 PM DAILY UNTIL OCTOBER 22.

ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST- SERVED BASIS.

EFFORT TO TEACH METRIC GOES ON

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THE METRIC SCALE COUNTER IS BEING SENT ROUND THE MARKET PLACE AGAIN, AS PART OF THE CONTINUING EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE USE OF METRIC UNITS AT THE GRASS-ROOTS LEVEL.

STARTING FROM TODAY AT THE WAN CHAI MARKET, UNTIL THE END OF JANUARY, THE COUNTER WILL BE SET UP IN EIGHT POPULAR MARKETS IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, ON A ROTATION BASIS. IT WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 AM TO 12 NOON THREE TIMES A WEEK, FOR A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS IN EACH MARKET.

STALL-KEEPERS AND MARKET-GOERS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO TRY OUT THE DUAL CALIBRATION WEIGHING SCALES AT THE COUNTER. AND INSTRUCTIONAL AND PUBLICITY MATERIALS, SUCH AS STICKERS, CONVERSION CARDS AND METRIC DIALS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

THE COUNTER IS MANNED BY ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY STAFF PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE SCHEME.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SAID THAT WHEN THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, IT GENERATED A BIG AMOUNT OF INTEREST FROM SHOPPERS AND STALL-HOLDERS IN MORE THAN 20 DIFFERENT MARKETS.

SINCE THEN, THESE HAD BEEN A GROWING AWARENESS OF METRIC SCALES, HE SAID.

THE COUNTER WILL REMAIN AT THE WAN CHAI MARKET UNTIL OCTOBER 13.

FROM OCTOBER 15 ONWARDS, IT WILL MOVE TO SHAU KEI WAN MARKET, WANG TAU HOM ESTATE FU MOU MARKET, TO KWA WAN MARKET, NORTH KWAI CHUNG MARKET, WONG TAI SIN MARKET, TUEN MUN YAN O MARKET, KWUN CHUNG MARKET.

STALL-HOLDERS AT THESE MARKETS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT THE SCHEME BY SELLING THE IR PRODUCTS IN METRIC UNITS.

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