Appendix 6 Table 19 (Chapter 6: Employment)   Wage Indices for Employees up to Supervisory Level (Excluding Managerial and Professional Employees) by Industry Sector     Wage index (September 1992=100) Industry sector 2000   2004   2005   Nominal wage index               Manufacturing 145.7   140.3   141.0             (+2.2)   (-1.1)   (+0.5)     Wholesale, retail and import/export 150.6   142.4   144.5       trades, restaurants and hotels (+1.3)   (-1.9)   (+1.5)     Transport services 148.9   146.5   147.2             (-3.1)   (-0.3)   (+0.5)     Financing, insurance, real estate 160.5   154.2   155.0       and business services (+2.1)   (-2.0)   (+0.5)     Personal services 154.7   150.9   144.2             (+0.1)   (+3.3)   (-4.5)     All selected industries(1) 151.0   144.7   145.8             (+1.1)   (-1.3)   (+0.8)   Real wage index               Manufacturing 108.8   112.1   111.0             (+4.6)   (-2.3)   (-1.0)     Wholesale, retail and import/export 112.4   113.8   113.8       trades, restaurants and hotels (+3.7)   (-3.1)   (-0.1)     Transport services 111.2   117.1   115.9             (-0.8)   (-1.5)   (-1.0)     Financing, insurance, real estate 119.9   123.3   122.0       and business services (+4.5)   (-3.1)   (-1.0)     Personal services 115.6   120.7   113.6             (+2.5)   (+2.1)   (-5.9)   All selected industries(1) 112.8   115.6   114.8     (+3.5)   (-2.5)   (-0.7)       Notes: Figures refer to September of the year. Figures in brackets refer to percentage changes over the same period of the preceding year. As from 2001, the Real Wage Indices are derived by deflating the Nominal Wage Indices by the 1999/2000-based CPI(A). To facilitate comparison, Real Wage Indices prior to 2001 have been re-compiled using the 1999/2000-based CPI(A). (1) Figures refer to all industries covered by the Wage Enquiry of Labour Earnings Survey, including the electricity and gas sector. Source: Wages and Labour Costs Statistics Section, Census and Statistics Department. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2887 5550)