Information from the Statistics and Census Service showed that in the second quarter of 2007, the overall average daily nominal wage of construction workers was MOP524, of which the average wage of skilled workers & semi-skilled workers was MOP549 and that of the unskilled workers was MOP344. Among the various occupations of skilled workers & semi-skilled workers, the truck drivers had the highest average wage of MOP602. In the second quarter of 2007, the overall nominal wage index declined by 1.3% from the previous quarter. The nominal wage index of skilled workers & semi-skilled workers fell by 1.3% and that of unskilled workers dropped by 1.4%. In terms of occupation of skilled workers & semi-skilled workers, the nominal wage index of carpenters registered the largest decline of 9.6%, while that of the painters and plant operators decreased by 8.7% and 8.1% respectively; however, the wage index of truck drivers registered an increase of 10.3%. In real terms, the overall wage index for the second quarter of 2007 declined by 3.0% over the preceding quarter, of which the real wage index of skilled workers & semi-skilled workers and unskilled workers went down by 3.0% and 3.1% respectively. Compared with the same quarter of 2006, the overall real wage index shrank by 0.8% in the second quarter of 2007, of which the index of skilled workers & semi-skilled workers rose by 0.7% whereas that of unskilled workers plunged by 9.9%.
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