Hong Kong minimum wage ‘to be raised to HK$40 an hour’ from HK$37.50 next May after four-year freeze, if proposal approved

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.