Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000126/2006 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 May 2007.
1. All societies that consider themselves to be built on principles of social justice – and Hong Kong stands among them – recognise that every worker, no matter how humble his labour, is entitled to a liveable wage. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, to which Hong Kong adheres, recognises the right of everyone to ‘just and favourable’ conditions of work including a fair wage. The difficulty, of course, is how best to ensure, by the execution of socio-economic p