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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 (November 28) obtained an order in the District Court for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $370,000 against an employer. Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $27,650 on behalf of five employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued judgment against an employer, namely, Honesty Corporate Management Limited. The defendant was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $371,157.17, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 28 employees of the defendant.
The District Court also ordered the defendant to pay the MPFA the sum of $30,000 being the financial penalty imposed by the MPFA for failure to make MPF contributions for its employees.
Meanwhile, at the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendant, Beijing Restaurant Company Limited, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA the sums of $27,600, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other defendant, Ng Lai Kuen trading as Mini Paris Vietnamese Restaurant, did not appear at today's hearing. In her absence, the Adjudicator ordered her to pay the MPFA the sum of $58.22, being surcharges payable.
The amounts both awarded at the District Court and the Tribunal will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The District Court further ordered the defendants to pay costs of $930 and the Tribunal ordered the respective defendants to pay $126 and $130 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:37
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