Electric Sockets (wiring System)
See also BS 7671, Electrical wiring (UK).Based on the adapted version of IEE Wiring Regulations, the colonial Hong Kong Government published Code of Practice for the Electricity (Wiring) Regulation in the 1990s. This book has been revised several times and the latest version was published in 2009. A copy of the regulations can be downloaded here.
In Government buildings, public housing estates and Government-sponsored educational institutions, British electrical products (brands include Tenby, MK electric, Federal Electric, MEM, Crabtree, Legrand etc.) are often used. However, these British electrical products are not very popular in the private sector. Some people consider that British sockets are not very good-looking so they prefer other brands. Australia-based Clipsal (produced by Gold Peak in China) is the most popular brand in private buildings, and some Government buildings built after the handover of Hong Kong to PRC in 1997.
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