- Leung Ka Lau
Dr. Leung Ka Lau (zh-t|t=梁家騮) (born
1962 inHong Kong ) is the member of theLegislative Council of Hong Kong (Functional constituency ,medical ). He is the firstpublic hospital doctor to be elected as a legislator. He wonKwok Ka-ki for the seat in theHong Kong legislative election, 2008 . Dr. Leung is thesurgeon specializing inGeneral Surgery in thePrince of Wales Hospital inShatin .Lawsuit for doctors' holiday work compensation
In
2006 , Dr. Leung, on behalf of 165 public hospital doctors, sued theHospital Authority tocompensate for their work onrest days ,statutory holidays /public holidays andovertime work. The Court of First Instance ruled the doctors can be compensated for loss of rest days and statutory holidays / public holidays, but dismissed their overtime claim. The Hospital Authority then offered a one-time compensation of HK$600 million to the 4,000 doctors affected. [ [http://legalref.judiciary.gov.hk/lrs/common/search/search_result_detail_body.jsp?ID=&DIS=51702&QS=(%7BHCA1924%2F2002%7D%7C%7BHCA001924%2F2002%7D+%25caseno)&TP=JU#16 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ACTION NO. 1924 OF 2002] ] [ [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=60478&sid=17212735&con_type=1&d_str=20080122&fc=2 Doctors lose appeal for standby pay] ]Link
* [http://www.leungkl.org/ Official website of Hon. Leung Ka Lau]
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