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FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES

128.3

140.7

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1994

+ 9.7

BETWEEN DECEMBER 1992 AND DECEMBER 1993,

MEASURED BY MAJOR

AS

MOST

SECTORS, INCREASED IN MONEY TERMS.

PAYROLL

AVERAGE EARNINGS IN PER PERSON

ENGAGED,

AN INCREASE OF 2.8% WAS REGISTERED IN THE NOMINAL INDEX FOR THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR.

AND

FOR THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT TRADES, RESTAURANTS HOTELS SECTOR, THE

10.5%. INCREASE WAS

FOR THE FINANCING, INSURANCE, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES SECTOR, THE INCREASE WAS 19.0%.

A

OUT

THAT THE FOR SPOKESMAN

THE DEPARTMENT POINTED

IN DECEMBER 1993, YEAR-ON-YEAR RATE OF INCREASE IN AVERAGE EARNINGS

SECTOR, WAS MANUFACTURING

EXTENT TO SOME ESPECIALLY THAT FOR THE

OF ISSUE OF YEAR-END BONUSES AFFECTED BY THE DIFFERENCE IN TIMING SHORTLY BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, WHICH WAS IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR BUT IN JANUARY LAST YEAR.

IN

ISSUED BONUSES IN SOME ESTABLISHMENTS HAD OTHER WORDS,

THEREBY 1992

1993, DECEMBER

BUT HAD NOT YET DONE SO RESULTING IN THE HIGH BASE OF COMPARISON IN DECEMBER 1992, HE SAID.

IN

DECEMBER

BETWEEN AFTER DISCOUNTING FOR THE INCREASE IN CONSUMER PRICES

PERSON DECEMBER 1992 AND DECEMBER 1993, THE REAL INDEX OF PAYROLL PER

IN DECEMBER 1992, ENGAGED IN DECEMBER 1993, AS COMPARED WITH THAT INCREASED BY 1.8% FOR THE WHOLESALE, RETAIL AND IMPORT/EXPORT RESTAURANTS AND HOTELS SECTOR, AND 9.7% FOR THE FINANCING, REAL ESTATE AND BUSINESS SERVICES

FOR

SECTOR.

THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, THE REAL INDEX OF PERSON ENGAGED DECREASED BY 5.3%.

TRADES, INSURANCE,

PAYROLL PER

FROM

STATISTICS,

AT

DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF THE ABOVE STATISTICS ARE AVAILABLE THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF EMPLOYMENT, VACANCIES AND PAYROLL, DECEMBER 1993 AND THE QUARTERLY REPORT OF EMPLOYMENT AND VACANCIES CONSTRUCTION SITES, DECEMBER 1993.

THEY

COPY AND

COPY $10.5 A ARE NOW

AT $17 A AVAILABLE

CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, RESPECTIVELY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG AND PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI, HONG KONG.

ON

THE

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