Company officer fined for breaching MPFS Ordinance
**************************************************
**************************************************
The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
A company officer was fined $60,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (September 14) after being convicted of an offence under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance.
To Wing Chi of Kay Drycleaning & Laundry Company Limited was charged under section 7A(8) and section 44 of the Ordinance, and pleaded guilty to 30 counts of failing to make MPF contributions for an employee within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between April 2003 and September 2005. The defendant was fined $2,000 for each summons, totalling $60,000.
Ends/Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:09
NNNN
