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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 (December 12) obtained an order in the District Court for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $50,000. The MPFA also pursued a claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for about $2,000 on behalf of one employee, who was owed MPF contributions by the employer.
The District Court today issued a judgment against Wah Tai Farm Company Limited which was ordered to pay the MPFA $50,630.08, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 21 employees of the defendant.
At the tribunal's hearing today, Kitchen Workshop Limited trading as Hong Kong Kitchen Co, did not appear and was ordered to pay the MPFA $2,662.57, 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 and the tribunal ordered the respective defendants to pay costs of $930 and $78.
Ends/Friday, December 12, 2008
Issued at HKT 17:33
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