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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 (March 25) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for about $19,000 on behalf of six employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
Two defendants, Waheungai Company Limited and Group Idea Limited trading as Great Shanghai Yap Pan Heung Restaurant, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $18,107.38 and $1,719.51, 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 ordered the respective defendants to pay costs of $200 and $140.
Waheungai Company Limited was previously fined $12,000 for failing to make MPF contributions on time.
Ends/Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:41
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