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MEANWHILE THE OVERALL REAL SALARY INDEX (A) STOOD AT 113.9 IN JUNE 1986, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 3.7 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985. THE OVERALL REAL SALARY INDEX (B), ON THE OTHER HAND, STOOD AT 120.9 IN JUNE 1986, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 6.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1985.
COMPARING JUNE 1986 WITH JUNE 1985, THE REAL SALARY INDEX (A) FOR THE MANUFACTURING-ELECTRICITY, GAS AND STEAM SECTOR INCREASED BY 0.4 PER CENT FOR THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED TRADES SECTOR BY 5.2 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES SECTOR BY 6.5 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SECTOR BY 1.9 PER CENT AND FOR THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSURANCE SECTOR BY 3.7 PER CENT.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE REAL SALARY INDEX (B) FOR THE MANUFACTURING-ELECTRICITY, GAS AND STEAM SECTOR INCREASED BY 3.4 PER CENT: FOR THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED TRADES SECTOR BY 7.4 PER CENT FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL AND IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES SECTOR BY 8.7 PER CENT: FOR THE TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND COMMUNICATION SECTOR BY 4.9 PER CENT AND FOR THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND INSURANCE SECTOR BY 7.9 PER CENT.
BETWEEN JUNE 1985 AND JUNE 1986, THE REAL SALARY INDEX (A) FOR LARGE COMPANIES INCREASED BY 4.2 PER CENT AND THAT FOR MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES BY 3.6 PER CENT WHILE THE REAL SALARY INDEX (B) FOR LARGE AND MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES INCREASED BY 7.5 PER CENT AND 6.3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE REAL SALARY INDEX (A) AND REAL SALARY INDEX (B) FOR JUNE 1986 FOR THE MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ANALYSED BY SIZE OF COMPANY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3 AND TABLE 4.
AMONG THE MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES COVERED IN THE SURVEY, IT WAS FOUND THAT 56 PER CENT OF THEM WERE ENTITLED TO PROFIT-SHARING BONUS. MOREOVER, 34 PER CENT WERE ENTITLED TO HOUSING BENEFITS OF SOME KIND AND 67 PER CENT TO PROVIDENT-
| RETIREMENT FUND OR PENSION. IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT 80 PER CENT OF THEM WERE ENTITLED TO GUARANTEED YEAR-END BONUS.
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT HAS SINCE MARCH 1982 CONDUCTED A QUARTERLY SURVEY OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO MEASURE CHANGES IN WAGE AND SALARY RATES FOR MANUAL AND NON-MANUAL WORKERS. EMPLOYEES AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS ARE HOWEVER EXCLUDED.
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