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Among supervisory, technical, clerical and miscellaneous non-production workers, 87% of them were entitled to medical benefits of some kind, 45% to provident fund scheme and 8% to housing benefits of some kind.

As for craftsmen and operatives, 86% of them were entitled to medical benefits of some kind, 33% to provident fund scheme and 1% to housing benefits of some kind.

Detailed breakdowns of the above statistics are published in the Quarterly Report of Employment, Vacancies and Payroll Statistics, March 1996 and the Half- yearly Report of Wage Statistics, March 1996.

They will be available shortly at $44 and $57 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 department on 2582 5076. As for enquiries on wage statistics, please call 2582 4744.