White Paper
In 1972, three years before the target date for completion of the metrication program, the Metrication Board published a white paper laying out the political and economic rationale behind the adoption of the metric system, identifying the practicalities and potential difficulties of the changeover and outlining the program. The report emphasised that unlike currency decimalisation, the the program would be on a phased basis with no M-Day. The report also emphasised the need for coordination between the various sectors as all were inter-dependant and thus that partial metrication was undesirable.
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