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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (November 29) pursued five claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $50,000 on behalf of six employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At today's hearing, the two defendants, Wisecorp Limited and Lee Yu Kee Engineering Limited, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $10,290.00 and $3,998.29 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other three defendants, Consort Engineering Co. Ltd., La Cave D'Alfred Limited and Yoon Ki Joong trading as Lloyd Company, did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $28,810.23, $7,095.13 and $914.28 respectively, 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 $180, $180, $240, $180 and $340 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Consort Engineering Co. Ltd. and La Cave D'Alfred Limited both pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy earlier to six counts of failing to make MPF contributions on time, and were fined $14,000 and $15,000 respectively.
Ends/Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Issued at HKT 17:56
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