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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
A company officer was fined $2,500 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (August 11), after being convicted of offences under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (Cap. 485).
Wong Ka Chun, Officer of Hillway Investment Limited, was charged with offences under section 7(1) and section 44 of the ordinance. The defendant was fined $2,500 for the summons for failing to enrol an employee in an MPF scheme as required by the ordinance.
The MPFA today pursued a claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $1,300 on behalf of an employee, who was owed MPF contributions by its employer.
Group Idea Limited trading as Great Shanghai Yap Pan Heung Restaurant did not appear. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $1,365, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amount awarded will be reimbursed to the employee's MPF account as soon as it is received by the MPFA. The tribunal further ordered the defendant to pay costs of $90.
Ends/Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Issued at HKT 18:06
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