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DOCKYARDS (Contd.) Rigger

Marine fitter

WEIGHTED AVERAGE BASIC WAGE RATES HK$ (US$)

INDUSTRY

DAILY RATED

MONTHLY RATED

Male

Female

Male

Female

42.50

(8.50)

45.01

(9.00)

Mechanic

42.13

(8.43)

Electrical worker

44.80

(8.96)

Steel worker (boiler/ship maker/steel

plater/riveter/caulker/blacksmith)

46.32

(9.26)

Welder

46.72

(9.34)

Coppersmith

45.44

(9.09)

Pattern maker

50.88

(10.18)

Printer

39.60

1,380.00

(7.92)

(276.00)

Moulder (sand)

49.27

(9.85)

Foreman

51.68

2,380.00

(10.34)

(476.00)

IRON AND STEEL BASIC INDUSTRIES

General worker

Crane operator

50.56 (10.11) 56.45 (11.29)

Ship breaker

Moulder (sand)

Melter

Pourer

Rolling Mill operator

70.30

(14.06)

63.30

(12.66)

65.89* (13.18)

57.56 (11.51)

60.83 (12.17)

Shearing machine operator

Welder

Fettler/polishing worker

Painter

Electrical worker

75.00 (15.00)

63.41 (12.68)

54.00 (10.80)

63.00 (12.60)

56.60 (11.32)

Mechanic

Foreman

*

food is provided free in addition to those rates. SOURCE: Wage statistics, March 1980 Census and Statistics Department.

47.75

(9.55)

56.77

2,100.00

(11.35)

(420.00)

80.53

2,678.57

(16.11)

(535.71)

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