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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 25) pursued five claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $54,000 on behalf of nine employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, two defendants, Eternal Ethos Limited and Tri's Engineering Company Limited, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $39,583 and $7,350 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other three defendants, namely Pak Kai Kwong trading as Tin Yuet Fast Food Co, Wise Luck Engineering Limited and Alex Information Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $4,251.75, $2,606.56 and $980 respectively, 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 Adjudicator further ordered the defendants to pay $170, $96, $129, $76 and $86 respectively as the costs of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:05
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