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mass · Singapore / historical Malaya · Customary weight retained in statute

Singapore tahil

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M621
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Definition

Singapore’s Weights and Measures Act lists one tahil as 37.7994 grams in its customary weights schedule.

Reference value

One Singapore tahil is exactly 0.0377994 kilograms.

History & use

Singapore metricated in the 1970s but its legislation still documents customary weights.

Modern use

Modern use is context-dependent and varies by region or measurement system.

Sources & evidence

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