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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 (October 22) successfully pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $8,300 on behalf of four employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearings today, the two defendants, Sun Fai Food Limited and Good Faith Security Consultants Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $7,557.46, and $761.32 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 $114 and $60 respectively as the costs of the claims.
Ends/Friday, October 22, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:29
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