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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 4) obtained an order for payment of outstanding Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) contributions of about $106,000 against an employer in the District Court.
The District Court today granted a judgment against an employer, Tin Chi Yuen Trading Company Limited. The defendant was ordered to pay the MPFA $106,958.6, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 25 employees of the defendant.
Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $8,700 on behalf of 18 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, two defendants, Well Technic Limited and Cheung Wing Lap formerly trading as Dext Garment Factory, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $7,987.91 and $725.4 respectively, 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 two defendants to pay $115 and $109 respectively as the costs of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:44
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