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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 (November 11) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $1,000 on behalf of three employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the two defendants, Rockway Industries Limited and Roger Sze & Associates Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $525 and $414.16, 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 also ordered the defendants to pay $146 and $76 respectively as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:54
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