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.
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