Chinese Journalists Complain

(Hong Kong, China) According to a survey by the Hong Kong Journalists Association, the turnover rate for journalists is exceeding high due to low pay.

The poor remuneration is a common complaint of respondents.

Some 12 percent of respondents earn $10,000 or less a month.

About 41 percent earned $15,000 or less while 61 percent take home $20,000 or less each month.

The percentage of respondents earning less than $20,000 is the same as the percentage of respondents with experience of 10 years or less.

A 10-year veteran journalist with $20,000 monthly salary can hardly go forward enthusiastically or aspire to greater heights in his career.

The 9 percent of interviewees with experience of 20 years or more does not necessarily correlate with the group earning $40,000 or more. It still shows that salary levels do not necessarily relate to working experience.

Reportedly, 31 percent of the journalists surveyed plan to find a new career.