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Chapter: | 68
 | Title: | WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Schedule: | 2 | Heading: | UNITS OF MEASUREMENT AND PERMITTED SYMBOLS OR ABBREVIATIONS OF UNITS OF MEASUREMENT LAWFUL FOR USE FOR TRADE | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
[sections 2, 6(3), 11(1) & 14]
PART I
Measurement of Length
| Metric Units | Imperial Units | Chinese Units | ||
| kilometre | km | mile |  | chek |
| metre | m | chain | | tsun |
| centimetre | cm | yard | yd | fan |
| millimetre | mm | foot | ft | |
| | inch | in | |
PART II
Measurement of Area
| Metric Units | Imperial Units | ||
| hectare | ha | square mile | |
| | acre | |
| are | a | square yard | yd2 |
| square metre | m2 | square foot | ft2 |
| square decimetre | dm2 | square inch | in2 |
| square centimetre | cm2 | | |
| square millimetre | mm2 | | |
PART III
Measurement of Volume
| Metric Units | Imperial Units | ||
| cubic metre | m3 | cubic yard | yd3 |
| cubic decimetre | dm3 | cubic foot | ft3 |
| cubic centimetre | cm3 | cubic inch | in3 |
| litre | L | | |
PART IV
Measurement of Capacity
| Metric Units | Imperial Units | ||
| cubic metre | m3 | gallon | gal |
| hectolitre | hL | quart | qt |
| litre | L | pint | pt |
| millilitre | mL | gill | |
| | fluid ounce | fl. oz |
PART V
Measurement of Mass or Weight
| Metric Units | Imperial Units | Chinese Units | ||
| tonne | t | ton | | picul |
| kilogram | kg | hundredweight | cwt | catty |
| gram | g | quarter | qr | tael |
| carat (metric) | CM | stone | | mace |
| milligram | mg | pound | lb | candareen |
| | ounce | oz | tael troy |
| | dram | dr | mace troy |
| | grain | gr | candareen troy |
| | ounce, troy | oz tr | |
(Amended L.N. 344 of 1988)
(Enacted 1988)
(Enacted 1988)