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For the community, social and personal services sector, average payroll per person engaged increased by 16.6% in nominal terms, or 7.4% in real terms.

The wage index for the personal services sector rose by 11.5% in nominal terms or 2.7% in real terms. The large increase in average payroll was mainly due to salary revision and issue of irregular payments by some schools and universities in September 1994.

Changes in the average payroll per person engaged between September 1993 and September 1994 for selected sectors, in both nominal and real terms, are shown in Table 1. Corresponding changes in the wage indices are shown in Table 2.

Statistics on average payroll per person engaged are compiled at quarterly intervals based on the results of the Labour Earnings Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department.

The wage indices are compiled from the same survey at half-yearly intervals for March and September of the year. The wage indices cover both manual and non- manual workers up to the supervisory level.

Average payroll includes wages as well as all other irregular receipts such as bonuses and overtime payment.

A spokesman for the department pointed out that statistics on average payroll tend to show larger quarter-to-quarter changes, affected by the number of hours actually worked and the timing of payment of bonuses and back-pay.

Detailed breakdowns of the above statistics are published in the "Quarterly Report of Employment, Vacancies and Payroll Statistics, September 1994" and the "Half-yearly Report of Wage Statistics, September 1994".

They will be available shortly at $24 and $32 per copy respectively at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, Ground Floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong and at the Publications Section of Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor., Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

For enquiries about statistics on average payroll per person engaged, please contact the Census and Statistics Department on tel 2582 5076. As for enquiries on wage statistics, please call the Department at 2582 4744.