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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (August 25) pursued seven claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $200,000 on behalf of 17 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At today's hearing, the defendants, Hui Hong Por trading as Yat Luen Engineering Company, Goodtimes Trading Limited and China Smartly Limited trading as Hoi Fai Seafood Hot Pot Restaurant, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $32,119.46, $31,347.58 and $22,982.46, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other four defendants, Dayfoong Dyeing and Weaving Factory Limited, Kwong Yip Dyeing Factory Limited, Samlane Development Limited and Fung Choi Travel Company Limited, did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $48,390.64, $42,801.8, $18,842.28 and $2,841.04, 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 court further awarded payments of $180, $120, $250, $160, $160, $250 and 160 as the costs in respect of the claims.
China Smartly Limited trading as Hoi Fai Seafood Hot Pot Restaurant pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy earlier to one count of failing to make MPF contributions on time and was fined $4,000.
Ends/Friday, August 25, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:08
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