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SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1992

"IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO REALISE THAT IT IS THE WORLD TREND TO ADOPT THE METRIC SYSTEM. AND HONG KONG, AS A LEADING TRADE CENTRE, SHOULD KEEP PACE WITH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT," HE SAID.

TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION AND TO SOLICIT MORE FINANCIAL RESOURCES, THE COMMITTEE HAS PLANS TO APPEAL FOR PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES,

"THE COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES WILL BE MORE RESPONSIVE то THE NEED OF THE PUBLIC,

10 THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE FIRST PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITY IS A POSTER COMPETITION WITH "LET US GO METRIC" AS THE THEME.

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"THROUGH THE COMPETITION,

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THE COMMITTEE HOPES ΤΟ STIMULATE IDEAS FROM THE YOUNGER GENERATION ON THE PROMOTION OF METRICATION, HE ADDED.

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LETTERS WERE SENT TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS LAST MONTH то INVITE STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY FOUR ΤΟ FORM SEVEN TO TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITION.

ENTRIES ΤΟ THE COMPETITION SHOULD REACH THE METRICATION COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT THROUGH RESPECTIVE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ON OR BEFORE JUNE 17.

PRIZES OF THE COMPETITION, WHICH AMOUNT TO ABOUT $20,000, ARE SPONSORED BY THE WINNER FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED.

A MEMBER OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MRS BETTY LAM SAID: "WE WOULD APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE FINANCIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY-CONSCIOUS BUSINESS SECTOR TO PROMOTE METRICATION."

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SHE URGED THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR, RETAILERS, TO JOIN HANDS WITH THE METRICATION COMMITTEE IN ORGANISING PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO HELP CUSTOMERS WITH METRICATION.

LATER IN THE YEAR, THE COMMITTEE WILL SET UP METRIC SCALE COUNTERS AT MAJOR PUBLIC MARKETS TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE ΤΟ USE METRIC UNITS.

ENQUIRIES ON THESE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES CAN BE MADE то THE SECRETARY OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MS TITANIA KWAN, 810 2869.

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