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TABLE 3: REAL WAGE INDEXES BY SELECTED MAJOR
ECONOMIC SECTORS
*
INDEXES
(MARCH 1982 100)
SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS
JUNE
SEPT
DEC
MAR
JUNE
1983
1983
1983
1984
1934
MANUFACTURING
97.7
95.5
94.4
96.6
96.8
WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-
EXPORT TRADES AND
RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS
95.3
93.4
92.8
94.0 92.6
TRANSPORT SERVICES
105.1
102.8
101.4
103.8
105.6
BUSINESS SERVICES
97.4
95.4
93.6
96.5
93.7
PERSONAL SERVICES
94.7
95.7 93.5
93.9
94.5
ALL SECTORS ABOVE
97.8
95.8
94.7
96.7
96.7
* STARTING FROM THIS ISSUE, WAGE INDEXES ARE PUBLISHED TO 1
DECIMAL PLACE.
SAFETY MEASURES FOR HYDROFOILS
***
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS IMPLEMENTING MEASURES TO RAISE THE SAFETY STANDARDS OF HYDROFOILS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL HIGH-SPEED VESSELS WHOSE TRAFFIC NOW TOPS 10 MILLION PASSENGERS A YEAR.
KNOWN AS +DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT+, THESE VESSELS INCLUDE JETFOILS, JETCATS, SIDEWALL HOVERCRAFT OR HOVERFERRIES AND CATAMARAN VESSELS, IN ADDITION TO HYDROFOILS.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE IN FORCE BY NEXT JANUARY WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATIONS' CODE OF SAFETY FOR DYNAMICALLY SUPPORTED CRAFT IS INTRODUCED INTO HONG KONG.
THIS CODE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT THESE HIGH-SPEED CRAFT MUST HAVE A SAFETY LEVEL EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF SHIPS COMPLYING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA.
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