Metrication Ordinance
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Metrication Ordinance | |
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File:Coat of arms of Hong Kong (1959–1997).svg | |
Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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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 (Chinese: 十進制條例; Jyutping: sap6 zeon3 zai3 tiu4 lai6) 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.