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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 16) pursued five claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $91,000 on behalf of 20 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, a defendant, Sino Gain Credit Management Limited, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $10,186.08, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other four defendants, namely Luen Hing Noodles Restaurant Limited, Adrian Construction Limited formerly known as Adrian Engineering Limited, Tsang Hin Woo formerly trading as Kwong Ming Transportation Service and Climax Management Company Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $44,172.3, $15,036.06, $11,244.03 and $10,556.3, 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 Tribunal further ordered the respective defendants to pay $80, $156, $124, $99 and $60 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Issued at HKT 17:29
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