A statutory body tasked to review Hong Kong’s minimum wage has reached a consensus to propose raising the rate by HK$2.50 to HK$40 (US$5.1) per hour after a four-year freeze, the Post has learned.
The Minimum Wage Commission started the latest round of review in April, and will submit its recommendations to the Executive Council, the city leader’s de facto cabinet, by the end of October.
The new rate is expected to take effect next May if approved.
The commission has reached the consensus to raise the amount to HK$40 per hour, according to a source close to the government.
Hong Kong introduced the statutory minimum wage in 2011 to provide protection for grass-roots employees, initially setting the amount at HK$28 per hour. The rate was gradually raised to HK$37.50 in 2019.
Last year, the mark was frozen at HK$37.50, the first time the figure had remained unchanged, with authorities citing a struggling economy battered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Concern groups and lowly paid workers have long criticised the government for keeping the minimum wage at its current level, urging it to further raise the amount to...
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