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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 (April 18) obtained a judgement for payment of outstanding MPF contributions of $82,311.75 against an employer at the District Court.
The employer, Yau Yuen Man Co Co and Wong Hoi Lung (formerly known as Huang Hai Long) trading as Power Success Construction Company, was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $82,311.75, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to its 20 employees.
Separately, the MPFA successfully pursued three claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for about $65,000 on behalf of 16 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearings today, one of the defendants, Loyalty Holding Limited, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sum of $16,769, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other two defendants, Heroism Enterprise Company Limited and Kikuchi Japanese Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $37,595.33 and $11,203.42 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts awarded at both 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 the cost of $930 and the Tribunal ordered the defendants to pay $81, $200 and $130 respectively as the costs of the claims.
Ends/Monday, April 18, 2011
Issued at HKT 19:06
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