Hong Kong Annual Report, 1946/Part 3/Chapter 4

The weights and measures in use in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom and of the following Chinese weights and measures:

The full set of standards was not recovered on liberation, but it was found possible to resume control of weights and measures in August, 1946. At the end of the year the possibility of repealing Ordinance No. 2 of 1885, under which control is now exercised, and of introducing more modern provisions based on those in force in Malaya was under consideration.