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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (21 October 2003) pursued 12 claims in the Small Claims Tribunal, totaling some $218,900 on behalf of 19 employees who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.

The defendants were Lau Yiu Lam and Lee Chow Lan trading as Eversafe Engineering Company; Cheung Choi trading as Ho Tsun Company; Hui Hong Por trading as Yat Luen Engineering Company; Chan Ching San trading as Pan-Asia Transport Company; Great Sure Limited trading as Macau South Bay Restaurant; Starway Construction Engineering Limited; V-Tech Pacific Limited; Wong Ka Kui Calvin trading as Sun Fat Cafe; First Management Limited; Cheery City Contractors Limited; Tong Yin Kwan trading as Chung Kong Faspong Eng. Company; and Good Idea Development Limited.

At today's hearing, Lau Yiu Lam and Lee Chow Lan trading as Eversafe Engineering Company, Hui Hong Por trading as Yat Luen Engineering Company, Chan Ching San trading as Pan-Asia

Transport Company, Starway Construction Engineering Limited, and First Management Limited did not dispute the amounts claimed. The adjudicator ordered them to pay to the MPFA the sums of $41,419.14, $25,844.40, $24,279.04, $23,938.56 and $5,515.58 respectively, representing mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.

The other defendants -- Cheung Choi trading as Ho Tsun Company, Great Sure Limited trading as Macau South Bay Restaurant, V-Tech Pacific Limited, Wong Ka Kui Calvin trading as Sun Fat Cafe, Cheery City Contractors Limited, Tong Yin Kwan trading as Chung Kong Faspong Eng. Company and Good Idea Development Limited -- did not appear at today's hearing.

In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay to the MPFA the sums of $32,008.31, $23,961.67, $20,222.02, $10,606.88, $5,058.14, $4,070.57 and $2,021.38 respectively, representing mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.

The amounts awarded will be credited to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. Costs of $210, $270, $280, $170, $110, $110, $290, $250, $280, $240, $240 and $240 respectively were assessed against the employers.

Ends/Tuesday, October 21, 2003

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