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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987

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BILL TO MODERNISE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LAW INTRODUCED

LEGAL

A

THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES BILL 1987 SOUGHT TO PROVIDE

MODERN FACILITATE THE FRAMEWORK TO

ORDERLY

OF CONDUCT

TRADE, SAFEGUARDING THE INTERESTS OF BOTH TRADERS

THE AND CONSUMERS, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, THE HON

MACLEOD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING THE

HAMISH

SECOND READING, MR

SAID MACLEOD

THE (CHAPTER 51), WHICH WAS NOT MEET CONTEMPORARY NO REFERENCE TO THE METRIC

INAPPROPRIATE AND

BILL FOR AND MEASURES ORDINANCE EXISTING WEIGHTS ENACTED IN 1885 AND LAST AMENDED IN 1937, DID

PARTICULAR MADE REQUIREMENTS AND IN SYSTEM, ALSO, ITS INEFFECTIVE, HE ADDED.

WERE ENFORCEMENTPROVISIONS

"THE BILL WILL ENHANCE HONG KONG'S TRADING COMMUNITY THAT USES MODERN, STANDARDS."

REPUTATION

AS INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED

OVERSEAS

A

MR MACLEOD SAID A NUMBER OF BROAD AREAS

WERE COVERED BY

THE

BILL.

OF

MEASUREMENT,

AND

STIPULATES USE FOR

"FIRST, IT DEFINES THE UNITS THE UNITS, AND THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WHICH ARE LAWFUL FOR TRADE IN HONG KONG.

FOR OFFENCES AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE

PROVIDES "SECONDLY, IT MACHINERY TO ENFORCE THE LEGISLATION.

BILL "LASTLY, THE

GIVES REGULATION-MAKING POWERS GOVERNING TRADE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE USE OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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REGARD TO THE HE SAID WHILE THE BILL HAD BEEN DRAFTED HAVING

BOARDS AND COMMITTEES, VIEWS RECEIVED FROM A WIDE RANGE OF RELEVANT

DEGREE OF ADJUSTMENT ON THE ITS ENACTMENT WAS LIKELY TO REQUIRE A PART OF SOME SECTORS OF THE TRADING COMMUNITY.

OPPORTUNITY то BRING THE ENACTMENT. TRADERS

"TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED HAS ADEQUATE

REQUIREMENTS IT NEW

IS NOT

ΤΟ INTENDED ADAPT TO THE

LEAST 12 MONTHS AFTER LEGISLATION INTO EFFECT UNTIL AT DURING THIS PERIOD EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO EDUCATE AND INFORM OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS.

BILL 1987

MR MACLEOD ALSO NOTED THAT THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES WAS SIGNIFICANT AS IT WAS THE FIRST BILL DRAFTED AND GAZETTED IN THE BILINGUAL ENGLISH AND CHINESE TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROJECT.

BOTH LAWS

"

WOULD BE DEBATED HE ADDED.

"HOWEVER, ONLY THE ENGLISH TEXT OF THE BILL IN THIS COUNCIL FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENACTMENT,