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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 (October 30) pursued three claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $35,000 on behalf of 16 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The three defendants, Lau Lai Fun trading as Amego Co., Choi Ming Restaurant (Holdings) Limited trading as Choi Ming Restaurant (translation) and Lai Kwok Yun trading as South Garden Seafood Restaurant, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $21,787.06, $9,704.10 and $3,098.58, 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 the respective defendants to pay costs of $180, $90 and $150.
Choi Ming Restaurant (Holdings) Limited previously pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy to three counts of failing to make MPF contributions on time and was fined $13,000.
Ends/Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:37
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