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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (September 21) pursued six claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $90,000 on behalf of 11 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At today's hearing, the defendants, Vigorous Property Management Limited, Yuen Chun Wai trading as Kam Bik Villa, and Wai Keung Construction (Hong Kong) Company Limited and Law Ming Chiu, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $30,238.71, $10,327.51 and $4,318.15, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other three defendants, including Cheung Ka Shun trading as Illinois Fashion & Design Co., Sunwin Corporation Limited trading as Shekkeilo Restaurant and Maxwell Engineering Limited, did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $17,925.44, $13,810.05 and $11,760, 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 $260, $180, $220, $120, $250 and $90 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Wai Keung Construction (Hong Kong) Company Limited pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy earlier to two counts of failing to make MPF contributions on time and was fined $8,000.
Ends/Thursday, September 21, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:30
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