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Gov’t Pledges Commitment to Adopt Metric System | Liberian Observer
Is Myanmar Finally Going Metric? > ENGINEERING.com noting Myanmar may finally adopt a standard measurement system | Coconuts Yangon
With Liberia and Burma going metric or likely doing so, that leaves Samoa, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau -- and the United States -- as the only nations that are not committed to adopting the metric system of units. But some nominal adopters have gone only part of the way, like the United Kingdom and Canada.
The United States had a push to adopt the system in the late 1970's, but it fizzled out. It seems to me that it was a casualty of the end of the Sixties reform era, much like the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion.
More recently, Lincoln Chafee included a proposal to convert to it in his running for President in 2015 (Switching to the Metric System Is Officially a Presidential Campaign Issue -- Mother Jones, Chafee: Go bold, go metric - CNNPolitics) He is a former US Senator from Rhode Island.
ECOWAS = Economic Community of West African StatesCommerce and Industry Minister Wilson Tarpeh has said the government is committed to adopting the metric system to promote accountability and transparency in trade.
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Minister Tarpeh who spoke at the celebration of the World Metrology Day in Liberia, organized by the National Standards Laboratory on May 24, explained that the government is aware that if it does not adopt the metric system, local manufacturers will find it difficult to benefit from the various ECOWAS trade agreements.
Is Myanmar Finally Going Metric? > ENGINEERING.com noting Myanmar may finally adopt a standard measurement system | Coconuts Yangon
I have not been able to find anything more recent, however.Myanmar does not have an official measurement system. Government websites use either imperial or metric units, and sometimes both. In 2011 and 2013, the Ministry of Commerce announced that it was preparing to adopt the metric system, but this never happened.
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The deputy minister replied that the ministry is working to design a "metrology bill," which will establish standard measurement units for the country.
With Liberia and Burma going metric or likely doing so, that leaves Samoa, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau -- and the United States -- as the only nations that are not committed to adopting the metric system of units. But some nominal adopters have gone only part of the way, like the United Kingdom and Canada.
The United States had a push to adopt the system in the late 1970's, but it fizzled out. It seems to me that it was a casualty of the end of the Sixties reform era, much like the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion.
More recently, Lincoln Chafee included a proposal to convert to it in his running for President in 2015 (Switching to the Metric System Is Officially a Presidential Campaign Issue -- Mother Jones, Chafee: Go bold, go metric - CNNPolitics) He is a former US Senator from Rhode Island.