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As there are practical difficulties in expressing fringe benefits in money terms, statistics on fringe benefits are expressed in terms of percentages of employees entitled to them.

Details of the salary movement, average salary rate for major occupations, and statistics on employee entitlement to various fringe benefits, together with a description of the survey methodology, are published in the 1996 Report of Salary and Employee Benefits Managerial and Professional Employees (Excluding Top

Management).

The report is available at $25 per copy (exclusive of postage) at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, ground floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong and the Publications Unit of Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

Enquiries concerning the salary indices can be directed to the Wages and Labour Costs Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2582 4746 or 2582 5595.

Year-on-year changes in

Nominal Salary Indices (A) and (B) for June 1996 in respect of major economic sectors

% change for June 1996 over June 1995

Nominal Salary

Nominal Salary Index (B)

Selected major economic sector

Index (A)

Manufacturing, electricity and gas

+6.8

+11.0

Building and construction and related trades

+8.3

+ 9.4

Wholesale, retail and import/export trades

+8.4

+10.2

Transport, storage and communications

+8.5

+10.3

Financial institutions and insurance

+6.7

+10.3

All sectors above

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+7.9

+10.1