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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 14) pursued four claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $91,000 on behalf of 14 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, two of the defendants, Gold Power Worldwide Limited and Benma Trading Company Limited, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $25,236.45 and $17,186.71, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other two defendants, Szu Long Limited trading as Ho Yuen Restaurant and Lam Yiu Chi formerly trading as Doctor Car Services Engineering Co., did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $48,305.06 and $555.3, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts awarded at the tribunal will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The tribunal ordered the respective defendants to pay $136, $142, $160 and $140 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:30
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