Hong Kong Annual Report, 1957/Chapter 26

The weights and measures used in the Colony consist of the standards in use in the United Kingdom, and the following Chinese weights and measures, given with their equivalents in avoirdupois:

In practice the equivalent length of a ch'ek varies, according to the trade in which it is used, from 14⅝ inches to 11½ inches, the commonest equivalent being 14.14 inches.