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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 (August 26) obtained one order for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $130,000 against an employer in the District Court. Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $37,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued judgment against one employer, MTM Media Limited. The defendant was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $138,198.3, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 21 employees of the defendant.
Meanwhile, at the Tribunal's hearing today, two defendants, Unicorp Industrial Company Limited and Ng King Ki trading as Bao Long Packaging Company, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $32,604.28, and $4,725, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts 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 $196 and $129 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:56
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