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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 (October 17) obtained one order for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $55,000 against an employer in the District Court. The MPFA also pursued four claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $63,000 on behalf of 15 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued judgment against one employer, Sky Rise Engineering Limited. The defendant was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $55,878.40, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to two employees of the defendant.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, three of the defendants, namely Fidelity Concept Development Limited trading as Royal Plaza Restaurant, Best Wealth Enterprise Limited trading as Delight Restaurant and Masaka Japanese Restaurant Limited trading as Masaka Japanese Restaurant, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $32,326.42, $15,386.18 and $11,999.53, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The fourth defendant, Tang Tat Worldwide Logistics & Express Limited, did not appear at today's hearing. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $3,370.52, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts awarded at both the District Court and the Tribunal will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The District Court ordered the defendant to pay costs of $930. The Tribunal ordered the respective defendants to pay $170, $100, $90 and $96 respectively as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Friday, October 17, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:27
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