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====Hong Kong==== Hong Kong has no legislation regarding maximum and normal working hours. The average weekly working hours of full-time employees in Hong Kong is 49 hours.<ref name="swhreport"/> According to the Price and Earnings Report 2012 conducted by [[UBS]], while the global and regional average were 1,915 and 2,154 hours per year respectively, the average working hours in Hong Kong is 2,296 hours per year, which ranked the fifth longest yearly working hours among 72 countries under study.<ref>[http://www.static-ubs.com/global/en/wealth_management/wealth_management_research/prices_earnings/_jcr_content/par/columncontrol/col1/linklist/link_0.1393999310.file/bGluay9wYXRoPS9jb250ZW50L2RhbS91YnMvZ2xvYmFsL3dlYWx0aF9tYW5hZ2VtZW50L3dlYWx0aF9tYW5hZ2VtZW50X3Jlc2VhcmNoL1BfTF8yMDEyX2VuLnBkZg==/P_L_2012_en.pdf Prices and Earnings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105854/http://www.static-ubs.com/global/en/wealth_management/wealth_management_research/prices_earnings/_jcr_content/par/columncontrol/col1/linklist/link_0.1393999310.file/bGluay9wYXRoPS9jb250ZW50L2RhbS91YnMvZ2xvYmFsL3dlYWx0aF9tYW5hZ2VtZW50L3dlYWx0aF9tYW5hZ2VtZW50X3Jlc2VhcmNoL1BfTF8yMDEyX2VuLnBkZg==/P_L_2012_en.pdf |date=2015-09-24 }} UBS, 2012-11-07</ref> In addition, from the survey conducted by the Public Opinion Study Group of the University of Hong Kong, 79% of the respondents agree that the problem of overtime work in Hong Kong is "severe", and 65% of the respondents support the legislation on the maximum working hours.<ref>[http://www.oxfam.org.hk/en/news_1092.aspx Oxfam Hong Kong releases survey on Minimum Wage and Standard Working Hours] Oxfam Hong Kong, Retrieved on 2012-12-10</ref> In Hong Kong, 70% of surveyed do not receive any overtime remuneration.<ref name="lpsurvey"/> These show that people in Hong Kong concerns the working time issues. As Hong Kong implemented the minimum wage law in May 2011, the Chief Executive, [[Donald Tsang]], of the Special Administrative Region pledged that the government will standardize working hours in Hong Kong.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130215170658/http://www.cdeclips.com/en/hongkong/Standard_work_hours_still_years_away_Tsang/fullstory_53407.html Standard work hours still years away: Tsang]}} China Daily, 2010-10-15</ref> On 26 November 2012, the Labour Department of the HKSAR released the "Report of the policy study on standard working hours". The report covers three major areas, including: (1) the regimes and experience of other places in regulating working hours, (2) latest working time situations of employees in different sectors, and (3) estimation of the possible impact of introducing standard working hour in Hong Kong.<ref>[http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/plan/swh.htm Policy Study on Standard Working Hours] Labour Department, HKSARG, retrieved on 2012-12-10</ref> Under the selected parameters, from most loosen to most stringent, the estimated increase in labour cost vary from 1.1 billion to 55 billion HKD, and affect 957,100 (36.7% of total employees) to 2,378,900 (91.1% of total) employees.<ref name="swhreport">[http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/plan/pdf/swh/swh_report.pdf Report of the Policy Study on Standard Working Hours] Labour Department, HKSARG, retrieved on 2012-12-10</ref> Various sectors of the community show concerns about the standard working hours in Hong Kong. The points are summarized as below:
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