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Supplementary to Question No. 1

in LegCo Meeting on 20.11.85

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Mr. Cheung, Yan-lung :- Sir, since the launching of the metrication

programme, what is the total government expenditure in this area;

and will Government adopt the "weather hotline" system so as to

provide people with a conversion rate for the metric system over

a hot line?

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Secretary for Trade and Industry:- Sir, there has been a six-year

programme under which the Metrication Committee was provided with

a budget of $3.2 million and this was for the period from 1978 to

1984 and in addition the Metrication Committee has had the support

from the Government Information Services, General Publicity Vote as

well as from sponsors, and over the years a total of $350,000 has

been received from commercial sponsors. The programme I have referred

to covers the period up to 1984 but Mr. Cheung may like to know that

in the current year, an allocation of $20,000 is available in the

Government Information Services Publicity Vote for publicity purposes

of the Metrication Committee.

As regards Mr Cheung's very constructive suggestion of a hot line,

I am afraid that there is no programme for its inclusion, but I will

certainly convey this interesting suggestion to the Metrication

Committee for consideration.