Following is a question by the Hon Kwok Wai-keung and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, in the Legislative Council today (January 13):

Question:

     Will the Government inform this Council of the following statistics in 2019 regarding the middle-level managerial and professional employees of the selected industry sections listed in the table below (using the first quarter of 2004 as the base period): (i) the Nominal Salary Index (A), (ii) the Real Salary Index (A), (iii) the Nominal Salary Index (B), (iv) the Real Salary Index (B), and (v) the number of employed persons?
 

Selected industry section	2019
Manufacturing, electricity and gas supply	(i)
	(ii)
	(iii)
	(iv)
	(v)
Building, construction and related trades	(i)
	(ii)
	(iii)
	(iv)
	(v)
Import/export, wholesale and retail trades	(i)
	(ii)
	(iii)
	(iv)
	(v)
Transportation, storage, communications and travel agencies	(i)
	(ii)
	(iii)
	(iv)
	(v)
Financing and insurance	(i)
	(ii)
	(iii)
	(iv)
	(v)
All of the above items	(i)
	(ii)
	(iii)
	(iv)
	(v)

Reply:

President,

     The nominal salary indices (A) (NSI(A)), real salary indices (A) (RSI(A)), nominal salary indices (B) (NSI(B)), real salary indices (B) (RSI(B)), and number of employed persons (NEP) for middle-level managerial and professional employees in each of the selected industry sections in Hong Kong for 2019 are set out in Annex.

Ends/Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Issued at HKT 12:05

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