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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (June 29) pursued six claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $90,000 on behalf of 10 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing, Erawan Company Limited, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $9,935.81, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other five defendants - Skyline Asia Limited trading as Tai Tung Trading Company, Richest Investment Holdings Limited, Hang Lee Food Products Limited, Noble Time Holdings Limited trading as Apple Snooker Club and Golden News Enterprises Limited - did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $39,057.54, $19,924.15, $10,486.88, $6,678 and $4,990.38, 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 tribunal further awarded $186, $230, $186, $96, $106 and $96 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Erawan Company Limited pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy earlier to seven counts of failing to make MPF contributions on time and was fined $20,000.
Ends/Friday, June 29, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:21
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