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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1990

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WAGE INDEXES FOR SEPTEMBER PUBLISHED

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THE OVERALL NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR SEPTEMBER 1989, AT 186. 7 INCREASED BY 13.4 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988 AND BY 2.2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH JUNE 1989, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS PUBLISHED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1989 AND SEPTEMBER 1988 INDEXES SHOWS 'THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED BY 12.1 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 13.4 PER CENT; POR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 18.1 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 19.0 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 22.2 PER CENT.

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A COMPARISON OF THE SEPTEMBER 1989 AND JUNE 1989 INDEXES SHOWS THAT THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCREASED t.7 PER CENT; FOR THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR BY 2.0 PER CENT; FOR THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR BY 6.4 PER CENT; FOR THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.5 PER CENT; AND FOR THE PERSONAL SERVICES SECTOR BY 3.6 PER CENT.

THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1988 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1989 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 112.4 IN SEPTEMBER

1989, WAS 2.9 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN SEPTEMBER 1988 AND 0.1 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT IN JUNE 1989.

THE REAL WAGE INDEXES FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1988 ΤΟ SEPTEMBER 1989 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE

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THESE NOMINAL AND REAL NAGK INDEXES ARE DERIVED FROM THE SURVEY OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS CONDUCTED BACH QUARTER BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, COVERING BOTH MANUAL, AND NON-MANUAL WORKERS (EXCLUDING WORKERS AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS) IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE WHOLESALE/RETAIL IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES AND RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, THE TRANSPORT SERVICES SECTOR, THE BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR AND THE PERSONAL SERVICES SKOTOR,

SUCH INDEXES MEASURE CHANGES IN WAGE RATES BY HOLDING THE STRUCTURAL PATTERN OF THE LABOUR FORCE WITH RESPECT ΤΟ INDUSTRY, OCCUPATION, SEX AND MODE OF PAYMENT THE SAME AS THAT OF MARCH 1982, WHICH IS THE BASE PERIOD OF THE WAGE INDEXES.

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