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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (January 7) pursued six claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $150,000 on behalf of 16 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the defendant, Far East Thread Factory (HK) Limited, did not dispute the amount claimed. The adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $34,404.34, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other five defendants, comprising Kleen Air Company Limited, Aardvark Industries Limited, Wealthy Step Development Limited trading as Wan Yu Cleaning Services Co., Wong Pak Wing, Chow Hark Sing and Chan Siu Lan formerly trading as Wing Sing Engineering Co. and Tomcom Global Limited, did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $43,202.48, $31,720, $20,591.25, $19,920.88 and $1,423.11, 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 tribunal further ordered the respective defendants to pay $226, $166, $146, $186, $200 and $146 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Monday, January 7, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:36
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