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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
An employer was fined $4,500 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (August 27) after being convicted of an offence under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance.
The defendant, Lead Young Sea & Air Freight Co. Ltd. was charged for an offence under section 7(1) of the ordinance. The defendant was found guilty for failing to enroll one employee in MPF schemes as required by the ordinance and was fined $4,500 for the summons.
Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued four claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $4,500 on behalf of 18 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the four defendants, Start Plan Investments Limited trading as Aberdeen Kam Moon Lau Restaurant, Ming Peace Fashion Wholesale Limited, Prime International Enterprises Limited and Solar Star (HK) Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $2,268.5, $1,634.58, $385.6 and $264.2 respectively, 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 ordered the defendants to pay $146, $149, $102 and $155 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:15
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