Leung Tat-shing,

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, JP (; born 1913 or 1916Members Database: LEUNG Tat-shing
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Life and career

He was born in Hong Kong in 1913. He studied at the King's College, Hong Kong from 1948 to 1952. He received a certificate in public health from the

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and a certificate in tropical medicine from the Royal Society. He had been chairman of the Public Health Inspectors' Association and the Kowloon General Union of the Urban Services Department. He was also the English secretary of the

Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council The Hong Kong and Kowloon Trades Union Council is the third largest trade union federation in Hong Kong, after the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) and pro-Beijing Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labou ...

. In 1971, he was elected to be the Hong Kong representative to the 7th Asian Congress of the International Labour Organization. From 1971 to 1981, he was member of the Labour Advisory Board, to advise the government on the labour issues. In 1976, he became the first labour representative to be appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong by Governor Sir

Murray MacLehose Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, (; 16 October 1917 – 27 May 2000), was a British politician, diplomat and the 25th Governor of Hong Kong, from 1971 to 1982. He was the longest-serving governor of the colony, with four ...

along with Wong Lam from the working-class background and other church representative Rev.

Patrick Terence McGovern Rev. Patrick Terence McGovern, SJ (; 28 October 1920 – 30 September 1984) was an Irish Catholic priest and unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Biography McGovern was born in Dublin, Ireland on 28 October 1920. He became ...

and social workers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leung, Tat-shing 1910s births Year of birth uncertain Possibly living people Hong Kong civil servants Hong Kong trade unionists Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Officers of the Order of the British Empire