Hong Kong’s 440,000 construction workers have seen a 7.8% rise in their salaries this year, nearly double of the 3.9% growth in the city’s overall salary increase.
Many workers including those who mix and place concrete will be earning HK$2,600 a day (US$333), as much or more than government officials. That works out to US$7,326 if they work 22 days a month, according to a survey conducted by the Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union.