| 11 | Employee benefit expenses |
| 2015 RMB’000 |
2016 RMB’000 |
2017 RMB’000 |
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| Wages and salaries |
1,719,419 | 1,666,806 | 1,769,535 | |||||||||
| Social welfare costs |
694,415 | 640,710 | 622,854 | |||||||||
| Share options granted to directors and employees (Note 26) |
22,702 | 18,004 | 11,276 | |||||||||
| Others (a) |
159,110 | 162,014 | 349,331 | |||||||||
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| Total employee benefit expense |
2,595,646 | 2,487,534 | 2,752,996 | |||||||||
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| (a) | For the year ended 31 December 2017, employee benefit expenses – others included the termination benefits accrued for employees accepted voluntary redundancy of a subsidiary of the Company amounting to RMB 154,081 thousands, which was paid subsequently in January 2018. |
| (i) | Five highest paid individuals |
During the year ended 31 December 2015, 2016 and 2017, all 5 individuals with the highest emoluments are directors and supervisors whose emoluments are disclosed in Note 36(i).