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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (June 13) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $43,000 on behalf of four employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The two defendants, Genesis Engineering Transportation Company Limited and Tariq Hussain, Mohammad Arshad, Abul Ali all trading as High Quality Fashions, did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $42,375.08 and $1,321.15, 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 and $110 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Genesis Engineering Transportation Company Limited pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy earlier to 13 counts of failing to make MPF contributions on time and was fined $38,000.
Ends/Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:44
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