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APPENDIX I
MANUFACTURE OF KNITTED PIECE-GOODS (International standard industrial classification 23-232)
March 1969
General Information:
(a) information: supplied by employers from wage records.
(b) wage rates: fixed individually between employers and workers.
(c) overtime: normal: time and one fifth to time and a half for daily rated workers. (d) bonuses: lunar new year bonus: half to 2 months' pay to monthly rated workers. (e) annual holidays: 6 to 13 days: monthly rated workers—with pay.
daily and piece rated workers-6 days with pay. (f) accommodation: provided free for monthly rated workers by some factories. Note: food is provided free in addition to those rates marked with an asterisk*
Daily Rated
Piece Rated
monthly rated
stan-
Occupation
mini-
mum
average
maxi-
mum
mini-
mum
weighted weighted weighted weighted weighted weighted weighted weighted weighted average
maxi- mini-
mum
mum
average
maxi-
mum
hours of work a dayt
dard
days a
month
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
Learner:
male
230.00*
230.00* | 230·00*
8-10
28
female
5.00*
5.00*
5.00*
8
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General worker:
male
9.71
11.29
13.14
200.00* 210.00* | 220.00*
8-9
26-28
female
6.50
8.27
9.10
227.37* 245-89* 257.47*
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Bleacher and dyer: male
9.00
11.00
14.50
287-20*
364-80* | 445-20*
9-11
26-28
Winder and reeler: female
8.94
9.24
9.39
10.90
12.65
13.60
300.00 320.00 360.00
81-9
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Knitter, power
male
12.43
13.59
14.93
350.00*455.00* | 557.50*
9-10
26-30
driven machine: female
12.13
12.54
12.75
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