Metrication Ordinance

Metrication Ordinance
Metrication Ordinance
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
	Long title An Ordinance to provide for the replacement in enactments of non-metric units by metric units and for matters connected therewith. ;
Citation	Cap. 214
Enacted by	Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Commenced	9 July 1976
Legislative history
Introduced by	Financial Secretary Charles Philip Haddon-Cave
Introduced	11 June 1976
First reading	23 June 1976
Second reading	7 July 1976
Third reading	7 July 1976
	Status: Current legislation

The Metrication Ordinance (十進制條例) was enacted in 1976 in Hong Kong. The law allowed a gradual replacement of the Imperial units and Chinese units of measurement in favour of the International System of Units Metric System. The adoption was facilitated under the government's Metrication Committee.[1]

Decades after the enactment of the law, Hong Kong still has not yet fully completed the metrication process. Wet markets continue to use Chinese or imperial units to this day.

References

Yearbook HK. "Yearbook." Metrication. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.

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[1] Yearbook HK. "Yearbook." Metrication. Retrieved on 2007-04-26.