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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority today (January 5) obtained two orders for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $150,000 against two employers in the District Court. The authority also pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $11,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued judgments against two employers, Chinese Club Discount Centre Limited and Cheer Genius Industrial Ltd t/a Honba Japanese Noodle Rest. The defendants were ordered to pay the MPFA the sums of $85,489.08 and $66,122.52, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to two and eight employees of the defendants respectively.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendant, Ng Chi Keung trading as Ever Strong Company, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the authority $7,528.80, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other defendant Success Promise Limited did not appear at today's hearing. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the authority $3,950.04, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts both awarded at the District Court and the Tribunal will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the authority. The District Court and the Tribunal respectively further awarded payments of $930 for each District Court cases and $190 and $96 as the costs in respect of the Tribunal's claims.
Ends/Friday, January 5, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:01
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