Ref. CON/TEX/GAR.
Clothing Industry in Hong Kong
The "clothing industry" includes, for the purpose of this report, garments and shirts, knitted piece goods, and raincoats but not gloves, hosiery, shoes and boots. At the end of September,
1966, this industry employed a total of 91,979 persons representing 22.6% of the total industrial employment. The employment
figures listed below indicate that there has been a continuous
expansion in the clothing industry in the past eight years despite
some unwelcome restrictions imposed on exports of clothing articles:-
Year
Garments and shirts
Knitting
Raincoats
Total
(as at 30.9)
1959
33,187
7,900
258
41,345
1960
33,519
8,515
342
42,376
1961.
33,672
9,372
421
43,465
1962
41,056
12,662
338
54,055
1963
49,811
19,119
445
69,375
1964
52,697
22,588
442
75,727
1965
50,322
23,039
308
73,669
1966
60,020
31,600
359
91,979
2.
Since 1959, wages have gone up in the garments and shirts industry by more than 84% and have now reached the level shown in Table H attached.
In fact, wage rates in this branch of the clothing industry are as high
as or higher than, those in any other section of the textile industry
as a whole. In this branch of the clothing industry, fringe benefits
given by certain firms include free accommodation, free food or food
allowances, Chinese New Year bonuses, good attendance bonuses, and paid
rest-days. Monthly rates of pay for men employed in supervisory capaci- ties as foremen or quality-control examiners are generally slightly
higher than those for women but no differentiation is made in piece
rates. In the clothing industry, where only a short period of in-plant
training is necessary, trainees receive wages equivalent to or slightly less than unskilled workers until they have acquired the necessary
skill in their trades.
3.
I.
General information on clothing industry in Hong Kong: Structure of Industry
1. According to a breakdown of registered and recorded industrial
undertakings as at 30th September, 1966, the size of establish-
ment in the clothing industry by number of persons employed
is in Table A attached.
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