About: Hong Kong units of measurement

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Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use: * The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China); * British Imperial units; and * The metric system. In 1976 the Hong Kong Government started the conversion to the metric system, and as of 2012 measurements for government purposes, such as road signs, are almost always in metric units. However, all three systems are officially permitted for trade, and in the wider society a mixture of all three systems prevails.

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  • Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use: * The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China); * British Imperial units; and * The metric system. In 1976 the Hong Kong Government started the conversion to the metric system, and as of 2012 measurements for government purposes, such as road signs, are almost always in metric units. However, all three systems are officially permitted for trade, and in the wider society a mixture of all three systems prevails. (en)
  • 香港度量衡制度，主要承繼了中國舊制（主要使用司馬斤而非庫平制）度量衡制度、由英國於殖民地時期引進的英制單位，以及與國際接軌的國際單位制（公制，香港通稱「十進制」）。在香港，度量衡受《香港法例》第68章《度量衡條例》所監管及制定，該條例亦有一附表詳細列明各量度單位的定義。 (zh)
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  • Hong Kong has three main systems of units of measurement in current use: * The Chinese units of measurement of the Qing Empire (no longer in widespread use in mainland China); * British Imperial units; and * The metric system. In 1976 the Hong Kong Government started the conversion to the metric system, and as of 2012 measurements for government purposes, such as road signs, are almost always in metric units. However, all three systems are officially permitted for trade, and in the wider society a mixture of all three systems prevails. (en)
  • 香港度量衡制度，主要承繼了中國舊制（主要使用司馬斤而非庫平制）度量衡制度、由英國於殖民地時期引進的英制單位，以及與國際接軌的國際單位制（公制，香港通稱「十進制」）。在香港，度量衡受《香港法例》第68章《度量衡條例》所監管及制定，該條例亦有一附表詳細列明各量度單位的定義。 (zh)
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  • Hong Kong units of measurement (en)
  • 香港度量衡制度 (zh)
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