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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1987
GIR DAVID SAID THE PRESENCE OF THESE HALLS ACTED AS A STIMULUS TO ARTISTIC ACTIVITY IN THE COMMUNITY, OPENED EYES TO A NEW WORLD OF MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA, RELEASED CREATIVE TALENT AND BROUGHT UNTOLD INDIRECT BENEFIT TO HONG KONG AS A WHOLE.
+THEY ARE A VITAL FACTOR IN FULFILLING OUR NEED TO KEEP HONG KONG NOT ONLY MOVING AHEAD WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD BUT TAKING A LEAD IN THE REGION AND DEVELOPING ITS ROLE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, HE SAID.
SEPTEMBER NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES PUBLISHED *****
THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1986, AT 136.2, INCREASED BY 6.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1985 AND BY 1.6 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1986, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1986 AND SEPTEMBER 1985 INDEXES UHCWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 6.0 PER CENT: FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 6.2 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 7.6 PER CENT, FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 10.3 PER CENT, AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 4.3 PER CENT,
A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1986 AND JUNE 1986 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 1.1 PER CENT, FOR THE WHOLESALE-RETAIL, IMPORT-EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 2.3 PER CENT, FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 1.3 PER CENT AND FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 2.8 PER CENT WHILE THAT FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR DECREASED BY 0.2 PER CENT.
THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1985 TO SEPTEMBER 1986 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 2.
THE OVERALL REAL WAGE INDEX, AT 103.9 IN SEPTEMBER 1986, WAS 4.5 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1985 AND 0.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1986.
/FROM SEPTEMBI