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  2. Tael - Wikipedia

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    The tael is a legal weight measure in Hong Kong, and is still in active use. [2] In Hong Kong, one tael is 37.799364167 g, [2] and in ordinance 22 of 1884 is 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 oz. avoir. Similar to Hong Kong, in Singapore, one tael is defined as 1 + 1 ⁄ 3 ounce and is approximated as 37.7994 g [3]

  3. Mace (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A mace (Chinese: 錢; pinyin: qián; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; [2] Southeast Asian English usage: chee [3]) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is 1 ⁄ 10 of a tael or approximately 3.78 grams. A troy mace is approximately 3.7429 grams.

  4. Chinese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Hong Kong SAR continues to use its traditional units, now legally defined based on a local equation with metric units. For instance, the Hong Kong catty is precisely 604.789 82 g. Note: The names lí (釐 or 厘) and fēn (分) for small units are the same for length, area, and mass; however, they refer to different kinds of measurements.

  5. The artist creating mind-bending images of an alternate Hong ...

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    Refugees fleeing from mainland China during the Chinese civil war, flooded into then-British ruled Hong Kong and had made the enclave their home. It was demolished in the 1990s but still looms ...

  6. Catty - Wikipedia

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    Related units include the picul, equal to 100 catties, and the tael, which is 1 ⁄ 16 of a catty. A stone is a former unit used in Hong Kong equal to 120 catties and a gwan ( 鈞 ) is 30 catties. Catty or kati is still used in Southeast Asia as a unit of measurement in some contexts especially by the significant Overseas Chinese populations ...

  7. Iskra Lawrence shares side-by-side photos of herself before ...

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    Iskra Lawrence wants you to know you're more than the number on the scale. The British model and body acceptance activist took to Instagram Tuesday to share side-by-side photos of herself in 2015 ...

  8. I traveled to Hong Kong for the first time. Here are 5 things ...

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    2. Speaking up on minibuses. Hong Kong is not a city for the soft-spoken. I learned the hard way that you must speak up to get what you want — on minibuses, at least.

  9. Category:Hong Kong public domain images - Wikipedia

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