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FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1985

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COMPETING IN METRIC

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A TV GAMES SHOW TO ROUND OFF A SERIES OF PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES ON METRICATION ORGANISED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS WAS HELD AT VICTORIA PARK TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING, CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MR JAMES WU SAID, +OUR AIM IS TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE OF WEIGHING IN METRIC TO ALL AGES.

+WHILE PARTICIPANTS ARE ENJOYING FUN AND GAMES, THEY ARE AT THE SAME TIME LEARNING MORE ABOUT METRIC UNITS,+

THE SHOW WAS ORGANISED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MESSAGE WOULD REACH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT AGES AND BACKGROUNDS. THEY INCLUDED KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN TAKING PART IN A SINGING COMPETITION; PRIMARY STUDENTS PERFORMING IN A RHYME COMPETITION; AND HAWKERS COMPETING WITH HOUSEWIVES IN A JUDGEMENT ON WEIGHT+ CONTEST.

THE CLIMAX OF THE DAY WAS A TELEMATCH IN WHICH SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES OF DIFFERENT TRADES PLAYED METRIC GAMES WITH

SEVEN CELEBRITIES.

THE LATTER INCLUDED POP SINGERS, TV ARTISTES, FILM STARS, DANCERS AND DISC-JOCKEYS SUCH AS MISS ELIZA CHAN, MISS BRENDA LO, MR LEE LUNG-KEE, MR LAU WING, MR WAN CHI-KEUNG, MR KWOK KA-MING AND MR ROBERT MAK. THEY WERE BACKED UP BY CHEERING TEAMS WHICH ADDED MUCH COLOUR AND EXCITEMENT TO THE COMPETITION.

OTHER PROGRAMMES INCLUDED A SINGING PERFORMANCE BY MISS CONNIE MAK AND A PUPPET SHOW ABOUT WORLD RECORDS AND INTERESTING FACTS RELATING TO METRICATION.

THE TV GAMES SHOW, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE METRICATION COMMITTEE AND RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, WILL BE BROADCAST ON TVB JADE TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AT 4.30 PM.

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