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MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1994

HENCE,

STATISTICS ON PAYROLL PËR PERSON ENGAGED TEND ΤΟ BE SENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF HOURS ACTUALLY WORKED, THE TIMING OF THE PAYMENT OF BONUSES AND BACK-PAY, AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE LABOUR FORCE.

I,

THE SURVEY FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE "REPORT ON HALF-YEARLY SURVEY OF WAGES, SALARIES AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS VOLUME

SEPTEMBER 1993", WHICH WILL BE ON SALE SHORTLY AT $16 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AND AT THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAL TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.

VOLUME II 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.

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

TABLE 1: NOMINAL WAGE INDICES BY SELECTED MAJOR ECONOMIC SECTORS

SELECTED MAJOR

ECONOMIC SECTORS

MANUFACTURING

WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND

IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS

INDICES (SEPTEMBER 1992 = 100)

SEPT 1992

MAR SEPT 1993 1993

% CHANGE SEPT 1993/ MAR 1993

X CHANGE SEPT 1993/

SEPT 1992

100.0

105.1 110.0

+4.6

+10.0

100.0 105.1 110.3

+4.9

+10.3

TRANSPORT SERVICES

100.0 103.6 110.8

+7.0

+10.8

BUSINESS SERVICES

100.0

110.2 112.2

+1.8

+12.2

PERSONAL SERVICES

100.0 104.7 110.4

+5.5

+10.4

ALL SECTORS ABOVE

100.0 105.6 110.4

+4.6

+10.4

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