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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 (September 7) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $48,000 on behalf of 12 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the two defendants, Kuen Kee Kwok Wing Stevedore Limited and Honest League Limited trading as ¯ïÂ@»ÕÀ\ÆU, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $38,420.75 and $11,304.81, 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 ordered defendants to pay $176 and $115 respectively as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Friday, September 7, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:41
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