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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 13) pursued nine claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for about $290,000 on behalf of 71 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
Ho Fung Ping Lanna trading as MI Incubator Laboratory, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $16,554.74, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other eight defendants, China Top Development Limited trading as Good Choice Restaurant, Chan Lai Ping trading as The Prospect Garment FTY, Kwong Lung Food I/E Company Limited, Kason (Hong Kong) Limited, Alliance Services Company Limited, Happy China Corporation Limited, Balyun Limited and Pacific Alliance Engineering Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $163,118.93, $44,818.83, $21,864.89, $17,054.06, $14,211.09, $11,996.25, $2,880.18 and $660, 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 Adjudicator further ordered the respective defendants to pay costs of $170, $706, $240, $146, $206, $96, $90, $54 and $76.
Ends/Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:16
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