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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 (March 11) obtained three orders in the District Court against three employers for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $650,000. The MPFA pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $34,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued judgments against Lai's International Limited, Hui Hong Por trading as Yat Luen Engineering Co and Print-Quick Limited. The defendants were ordered to pay the MPFA $387,266.84, $151,258.81 and $120,452.50, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 19, six and six employees of the defendants respectively.
At the tribunal's hearing, the defendants, Captain Hill International Limited and Chun King Cleaning Services Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $32,674.25 and $1,413.14, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts both awarded at the District Court and the tribunal will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The District Court ordered the defendants each to pay costs of $930 and the tribunal ordered the respective defendants to pay costs of $135 and $98.
Ends/Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Issued at HKT 16:56
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