​Asia Food Licence Engineering Company Limited and its responsible officer, a manager, were prosecuted by the Labour Department (LD) for violating the requirements under the Employment Ordinance (EO). The company and its responsible officer pleaded guilty at the Kwun Tong Magistrates' Courts today (April 23) and were fined a total sum of $95,000. The company and its responsible officer were also ordered to pay the employees concerned an outstanding sum of about $159,000.
      
     The company wilfully and without reasonable excuse contravened the requirements of the EO, failing to pay five employees' wages within seven days after the expiry of the wage periods and termination of the employment contract, totalling about $157,000. The company also failed to pay the awarded sum of about $159,000 in total to the five employees within 14 days after the date set by the Labour Tribunal (LT). The responsible officer concerned was prosecuted and convicted for his consent, connivance or neglect in the above offences.
      
     "The ruling will disseminate a strong message to all employers, directors and responsible officers of companies that they have to pay wages to employees within the statutory time limit stipulated in the EO, as well as the sums awarded by the LT or the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board," a spokesman for the LD said.
      
     "The LD will not tolerate these offences and will spare no effort in enforcing the law and safeguarding employees' statutory rights," the spokesman added.

Ends/Thursday, April 23, 2026
Issued at HKT 16:42

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