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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 (20 December) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $40,000 on behalf of three employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the two defendants, Universal Harvest International Limited and Pakco Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $29,021.04 and $14,199.83, 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 $195 and $114 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Thursday, December 20, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:36
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