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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1993

ANALYSED BY

INDIVIDUAL SECTORS, THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX IN SHOWED THE FASTEST YEAR-ON-YEAR RATE OF INCREASE BY TRANSPORT SERVICES (12.1%), MANUFACTURING

RETAIL,

PERSONAL SERVICES (12.2%), FOLLOWED (10.3%), BUSINESS

AND WHOLESALE, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS (8.9%).

SERVICES (9.8%),

BY

COMPARED WITH MARCH 1992, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON COULD BE AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, THE LARGEST INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE TRANSPORT SERVICES (8.7%), POLLOWED MANUFACTURING (5.9%), PERSONAL SERVICES (4.0%) WHOLESALE, RETAIL, IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS (2.9%). AND BUSINESS SERVICES (1.7%).

TO

THE NOMINAL AND REAL WAGE INDICKS FOR THE PERIOD SEPTEMBER 1991 SEPTEMBER 1992 FOR SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 1 AND TABLE 2 RESPECTIVELY. DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF THE NOMINAL WAGE INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR ARE GIVEN IN TABLE 3.

THE WAGE INDICES ARE DERIVED FROM THE RESULTS OF THE HALF- YEARLY SURVEY OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYFF BENEFITS CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SURVEY COVERS BOTH MANUAL AND NON-MANUAL WORKERS (EXCLUDING EMPLOYEES AT ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS) IN SELECTED INDUSTRIES IN FIVE MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS. THE BASE PERIOD OF THE WAGE INDICES IS MARCH 1982.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT DREW ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAGE INDICES AND THE INDICES OF PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED WHICH ARE PUBLISHED AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IN ADDITION TO WAGES WHICH INCLUDE ALL THE REGULAR PAYMENTS, PAYROLL ALSO INCLUDES OVERTIME PAY AND OTHER NON- GUARANTEED AND IRREGULAR BONUSES AND ALLOWANCE.

TEND ΤΟ BE WORKED,

HENCE, STATISTICS ON PAYROLL PER PERSON ENGAGED SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF HOURS ACTUALLY TIMING OF THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY, AND THE COMPOSITION THE LABOUR FORCE.

THE

OF

ON HALF-YEARLY

I.

THE

THE SURVEY FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN A REPORT SURVEY OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS STATISTICS VOLUME SEPTEMBER 1992 WHICH WILL BE ON SALE SHORTLY AT $10 PER COPY AT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAL TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WANCHAL, HONG KONG,

VOLUME I I OF THE REPORT CONTAINING DETAILED OCCUPATIONAL STATISTICS, SUCH AS WAGE RATES, NUMBER OF NORMAL HOURS OF WORK AND NUMBER OF STANDARD WORKING DAYS IS EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE IN MID- FEBRUARY 1993.

WAGES STATISTICS

FOR ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE WAGE INDICES, PLEASE CONTACT THE LABOUR COSTS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL 582 4744 OR 582 5595.

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