Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has declined by 13 per cent this year, while the Shanghai Composite Index has lost 20 per cent of its value because of worries about an economic slowdown amid the trade war. Photo: Fung Chang Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has declined by 13 per cent this year, while the Shanghai Composite Index has lost 20 per cent of its value because of worries about an economic slowdown amid the trade war. Photo: Fung Chang
Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has declined by 13 per cent this year, while the Shanghai Composite Index has lost 20 per cent of its value because of worries about an economic slowdown amid the trade war. Photo: Fung Chang
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Hong Kong real salaries to increase by 1.9 per cent in 2019, ranking city behind China, Singapore in survey

  • Salaries in Hong Kong substantially higher than most in the region, do not increase as dramatically as in many economies above it in survey, says ECA International
  • Workers in mainland China to see salaries increase at fastest rate in region, with pay of workers in Shenzhen to increase most rapidly

Topic |   Hong Kong economy
Enoch Yiu
Enoch Yiu

Updated: 11:27pm, 22 Nov, 2018

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Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has declined by 13 per cent this year, while the Shanghai Composite Index has lost 20 per cent of its value because of worries about an economic slowdown amid the trade war. Photo: Fung Chang Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has declined by 13 per cent this year, while the Shanghai Composite Index has lost 20 per cent of its value because of worries about an economic slowdown amid the trade war. Photo: Fung Chang
Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng Index has declined by 13 per cent this year, while the Shanghai Composite Index has lost 20 per cent of its value because of worries about an economic slowdown amid the trade war. Photo: Fung Chang
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