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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
A director was fined $12,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (February 12), after being convicted of offences under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance.
Lee Yee Wing, director of Sure Success Trading Limited trading as Harbour Department Store was charged for an offence under section 7A(8)and section 44 of the ordinance. The defendant was convicted of five counts of failing to make MPF contributions for an employee within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between November 2003 and March 2004. The defendant was fined $2,400 for each of the summonses, totalling $12,000.
Ends/Thursday, February 12, 2009
Issued at HKT 19:01
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