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No wage increase for foreign domestic helpers
The Government announced today (Monday) that there would be no change in the minimum wage requirement for the employment of foreign domestic helpers.
"After studying the relevant statistics of the wage movements of local workers, we consider that the minimum allowable wage for foreign domestic helpers of $3,750 a month remains appropriate, and that there is no case for an increase in the immediate future. We shall, however, continue to monitor the wage trend", said a government spokesman.
At present there are more than 152,000 foreign domestic helpers working in Hong Kong, mostly from the Philippines.
End/Monday, September 25, 1995
1993 annual economic surveys reports now on sale
The following five reports on the 1993 annual economic surveys have recently been published by the Census and Statistics Department and are now on sale:
Report on 1993 Survey of Industrial Production($48);
Report on 1993 Survey of Building, Construction and Real Estate Sectors ($34);
Report on 1993 Survey of Wholesale, Retail and Import and Export Trades, Restaurants and Hotels ($51):
Report on 1993 Survey of Transport and Related Services ($30); and Report on 1993 Survey of Storage, Communication, Financing. Insurance and Business Services ($42).
These reports are bilingual publications in English and Chinese. They contain a wide range of statistics on the structural and operating characteristics of various economic activities for the reference year 1993, based on data collected from establishments engaged in those activities.