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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 (April 28) pursued three claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $58,000 on behalf of four employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendants, Top Union Engineering Limited, Superb Chance Limited and Wu Kam Ching trading as Wui King Scaffolding Decoration Works Co, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $28,537.81, $17,000 and $12,474, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable respectively.
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 $191, $90 and $119 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Issued at HKT 17:43
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