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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1987
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THE
OUTSIDE THOSE IN CONNECTION
HE SUGGESTED THAT CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO MAKING EXPRESSION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN SYSTEMS OF UNITS STIPULATED UNDER THE BILL LEGAL IF THEY WERE INDICATED WITH UNITS OF MEASUREMENT PERMITTED UNDER THE BILL.
SHOULD ALSO BE
GIVEN TO IN UNITS OTHER THE EQUIPMENT WAS EXPORT OR RE-EXPORT TO AND MEASURES SYSTEMS
THIRDLY, MR CHEONG SAID EXEMPTIONS TRADERS WHO POSSESSED MEASURING EQUIPMENT CALIBRATED THAN THOSE AUTHORISED UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE IF USED TO WEIGH OR MEASURE GOODS INTENDED FOR
OTHER WEIGHTS PLACES OUTSIDE HONG KONG WHERE WERE USED.
FOURTHLY, NOTING THAT
THE
WOULD REGULATIONS
NOT COME INTO WERE AFTER THEY TO WHETHER THIS
OPERATION BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THREE MONTHS GAZETTED, MR CHEONG WANTED TO SEEK CLARIFICATION AS COULD BE INTERPRETED AS THE MINIMUM GRACE PERIOD GIVEN TO THE TRADE.
"OBVIOUSLY MANUFACTURERS WILL HAVE ΤΟ
OR IMPORT NEW
MEASURING EQUIPMENT STANDARD," HE SAID.
THEIR RE-CALIBRATE ONES TO MEET THE REQUIRED
"MOREOVER, ACCOUNT SHOULD BE TAKEN OF THE LEAD TIME THEM TO MAKE RELEVANT LABELLING AND PACKAGING ADJUSTMENTS."
MR CHEONG SAID A THREE MONTHS' GRACE PERIOD INSUFFICIENT IN MOST CASES.
NEEDED FOR
WOULD PROBABLY BE
THE TRADE, HE IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE DIFFICULTIES POSED TO
THE TRADE SUGGESTED THAT, SHOULD ANY OF THE REGULATIONS BE DRAWN UP,
AN SHOULD BE INVOLVED FROM
EARLY STAGE THE
AND DRAFTING PROCESS REASONABLE TIME-TABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE CONSULT THE TRADE ON A REQUEST.
LASTLY, MR
CHEONG
SAID THE
DEFINITION AS TO WHAT "CAPACITY" MEANT.
IT DOES NOT INDICATE
BILL
ΤΟ FAILED
GIVE A CLEAR
WHETHER MEASUREMENTS FOR ENERGY SUCH AS HORSEPOWER OR JOULE WILL BE OUTSIDE ITS COVERAGE.
UNITS
OR CAPACITY, WITHOUT RELATION TO A
"MOREOVER, FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS, A STATED VOLUME SAY, A CUBIC METRE OF GAS, IS NOT MEANINGFUL SPECIFIED TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE."
CAN BE SUBJECT TO "IN THE CASES WHERE THE QUANTITY OF GOODS
IN THE TEMPERATURE OR VARIATION BY MEANS OF CONTROLLED ADJUSTMENTS
ENVIRONMENT RATHER THAN PRESSURE IN THE MANUFACTURING
BY CLIMATIC UNDER INFLUENCES, PROVISIONS STIPULATING THE TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE
HE ADDED. WHICH QUANTITY SHOULD BE MEASURED WOULD BE NECESSARY,
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