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(0) COMPARATIVE HOURLY WAGE RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS 1
MARCH 1976
MARCH 1974
HK DOLLARS
COMPARATIVE
HX DOLLARS
INDEXES
COMPARATIVE
INDEXES
HONG KONG 3.76
180
3.32
100.
JAPAN
13.36+
335
SOUTH
KOREA
2.42+
64
PHILIPPINES1.420
38
SINGAPORE
N.A.
TAIWAN
2.58
N.A
69
2.67
80
@ JUNE 1975 FIGURE
* INCLUDING SALARIED EMPLOYEES AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES.
FOR INFORMATION ON SOCIAL BENEFITS, YOU MAY WISH TO REFER TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OVERALL WAGES, CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CERTAIN SOUTH EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES PREPARED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WHICH WAS SENT TO YOU ON 12 MARCH THIS YEAR.
ROBERTS
FILES
HRD
FED
FRD
ECONOMISÈS D
OLA
PS/LORD CORON WY-ROBERTS
PSjMR LUARD
MRMALE
MR THOMAS
MR HAYES
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