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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 (May 15) pursued three claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $45,000 on behalf of 14 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the three defendants, namely Hillway Investment Limited trading as Roppongi Japanese Restaurant, Alliance Services Company Limited and Hung Tak Enterprises Development Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $23,680.57, $20,051.02 and $1,927.22, 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 also ordered the defendants to pay $130, $192 and $146 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Friday, May 15, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:44
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