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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 27) pursued four claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $52,000 on behalf of 14 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, four defendants, namely Szu Long Limited trading as Ho Yuen Restaurant, Iqbal Mohammed and Aziz Ahmad formerly trading as Muslim Restaurant, Power Link Engineering Limited trading as Engineering Company and Leung Chi Shing formerly trading as Sun Wong Restaurant, did not appear. In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $46,075.68, $4,103, $1,482.98 and $932.98, 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 $160, $110, $158 and $210 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Monday, October 27, 2008
Issued at HKT 18:01
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