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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 6) obtained three orders for payment of outstanding MPF contributions of about $169,000 against three employers in the District Court.
The District Court today granted judgments against the three employers, namely Silver Rise Investments Limited, May Wah Bags Company Limited and S.K.I. Industrial Company Limited. The defendants were ordered to pay the MPFA $60,285.49, $56,070 and $53,574.2 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 14, seven and 18 employees of the respective defendants.
Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued four claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $108,000 on behalf of 16 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, one of the defendants, Hui Kwong On trading as Nam Wah Tung Kong Restaurant, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $8,316, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other three defendants, namely Larch Navigation (International) Limited, DIS Technology (Hong Kong) Limited and Beauty Yoga Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $44,436, $37,343.83 and $18,805.91 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 each defendant to pay costs of $930. The Tribunal ordered the four defendants to pay $90, $156, $252 and $139 respectively as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Friday, August 6, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:06
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