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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (November 15) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $50,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At today's hearing, the defendant Mueller Contact Lens Institute Ltd. did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $36,898.6, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other defendant, Chan Hei Fung & Wong Kam Chuen trading as Chuen Fung Engineering Company, did not appear at today's hearing. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $14,833.84, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts awarded will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The court further awarded payments of $170 each as costs in respect of both claims.
Ends/Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Issued at HKT 17:25
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