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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 (December 8) obtained one order for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $70,000 against one employer in the District Court. The MPFA today also pursued three claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $150,000 on behalf of 27 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued a judgment against one employer, Waheungai Company Limited. The defendant was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $70,712.23, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 26 employees of the defendant.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the three defendants, namely Fameast Limited, Ho Kei Mui formerly trading as Chin Hing Restaurant and Lo Tak Kin formerly trading as Element Design & Production, did not appear. In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $138,031.96, $12,006 and $4,500, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts both awarded at 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 $529, $220 and $160 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Monday, December 8, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:07
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