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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1994

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SPEAKING AT A PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT CONFERENCE HALL TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE, MR K Y TONGSON, SAID: "SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT IN 1978, THE METRICATION COMMITTEE HAS SOUGHT THE SUPPORT AND CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.

"GREAT PROGRESS WAS MADE IN VARIOUS FIELDS SUCH AS PUBLIC UTILITIES, CONSTRUCTION, EDUCATION, INDUSTRIAL TRAINING AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY.

"HOWEVER, WORK NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THE LOCAL RETAIL LEVEL. THE COMMITTER WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANISE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND ENCOURAGE DISTRICT AND SCHOOL PARTICIPATION,' HE SAID.

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"THE CHINESE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION ENABLES NOT ONLY THE STUDENTS TO BENEFIT FROM KNOWING MORE ABOUT METRICATION, BUT ALSO THEIR PARENTS TO HAVE A CLEARER CONCEPT OF WHAT METRICATION IS THROUGH PARTICIPATION WITH THEIR CHILDREN AS A FAMILY UNIT, HE ADDED.

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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, KWAN KON-WAH SAID: "JUDGING FROM THESE ENTRIES, THE GENERATION HAS CERTAINLY PROVIDED A NEW AND INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE ON HOW METRICATION CAN BE PROMOTED AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY.

"I AM PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY THE KEEN RESPONSE FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, HE ADDED.

THE PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISED MR PONG SHOON-KUENG OF THE OVERSEAS CHINESE DAILY NEWS. MR FUNG YTM-WAH OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS MR K Y TONGSON AND MR ANTHONY WAN OF THE METRICATION COMMITTEE.

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JUNTOR POLICE CALL MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELPED TO MAN METRIC DEMONSTRATION COUNTERS EARLY THIS YEAR WERE PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OR APPOINTMENT AS METRICATION AMBASSADORS AT CEREMONY.

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"THESE AMBASSADORS HAVE MADE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND THEY HAVE FOUND THEIR PARTICIPATION AN EQUALLY USEFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE. MR TONGSON SAID.

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TO FURTHER PROMOTE METRICATION, THE COMMITTER WILL SET UP 4 METRIC SCALE DEMONSTRATION COUNTER AT THE FIFTH FOOD EXPO ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, TO BE HELD FROM AUGUST 17 TO 21 AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE.

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HOPE TO EXTEND THE METRICATION AMBASSADOR SCHEME TO OTHER INTERESTED ORGANISATIONS THROUGH THESE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

"ORGANISATIONS WHICH ARE INTERESTED IN THE SCHEME SHOULD CONTACT THE COMMITTEE SECRETARIAT ON 810 3013," MR TONGSON SAID.

WINNING ENTRIES OF THE CHINESE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY LINK DYEING WORKS LTD WILL BE PUT UP IN MOBILE EXHIBITIONS FROM MID-JULY ONWARDS IN EIGHT URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

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