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Table 1: Changes in Wage Levels in Real Terms for Workers up to Supervisory Level as
Measured by Real Wage Indices by Occupation Group, September 1993 - September 1996
(A) Manufacturing sector
Average monthly wage
Year-on-year change in real wage
(HKS)
Index(%)
Sep
Sep
Sep
Sep
Sep
Occupation group
1996
1993
1994
1995
1996
All selected occupations
8,851
1.9
-0.4
.2.9
2.2
of which:
Supervisory & technical workers
13,784
3.9
3.6
-1.7
2.9
Clerical & secretarial workers
9,657
3.4
1.7
-1.3
1.4
Craftsmen
11,000
1.6
-2.3
+1.5
2.3
Operatives
7,046
1.1
.2.1
-4.5
2.2
Service workers
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Miscellaneous non-production workers
6,864
0.9
0.2
-2.4
1.8
(B) Wholesale. Retail and Import/Export Trades.
Restaurants and Hotels sector
Occupation group
All selected occupations
10,804
2.2
1.3
-1.4
-0.1
of which:
Supervisory & technical workers
14,369
2.1
2.0
-0.7
1.1
Clerical & secretarial workers
10,046
2.3
0.7
0.4
1.0
Craftsmen
N.A.
NA
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Operatives
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Service workers
9,523
2.5
0.9
-3.4
-2.6
Miscellaneous non-production workers
7,845
1.4
1.0
.3.1
-1.7
(C) Transport Services sector
Occupation group
All selected occupations
12,077
2.7
1.9
-1.9
- 1.7
of which:
Supervisory & technical workers
17,104
0.8
5.0
0.3
2.7
Clerical & secretarial workers
10,633
0.9
.6.0
-1.3
2.0
Craftsmen
12,350
5.7
-2.5
-4.3
0.2
Operatives
10.504
0.1
-2.4
-1.0
4.2
Service workers
6,164
-4.5
15.1
2.5
-4.7
Miscellaneous non-production workers
8.745
6.6
-0.5
5.1