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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 (June 4) pursued a claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $1,000 on behalf of an employee, who was owed Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) contributions by his employer.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendant, King Grand Limited trading as Ho Cheong Medicine Co., did not appear. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $1,676.64, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amount awarded will be reimbursed to the employee's MPF account as soon as it is received by the MPFA. The Tribunal further ordered the defendant to pay $98 as the cost of the claim.
Ends/Friday, June 4, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:20
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