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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA):
An employer was fined $10,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (November 6), after being convicted of an offence under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap 485) (the "Ordinance").
Rich Kind Limited, trading as Mini Paris Vietnamese Restaurant (BR no.: 34647062) pleaded guilty to an offence under section 7(1) of the ordinance. The defendant was fined $10,000 for failing to enroll an employee in MPF schemes as required by the ordinance.
Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $48,000 on behalf of 11 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the two defendants, Kingspond Limited and Chan Yuet Leung trading as Cheng Kau Kee, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $47,810.73 and $471.56, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts awarded at the Tribunal will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The Tribunal further ordered the defendants to pay costs of $176 and $130 respectively in respect of the claims.
Ends/Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:24
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