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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 (May 12) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $20,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendants, Wide (Hong Kong) Limited and CMA International Company Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $12,197.98 and $8,207.48, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable respectively.
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 $70 and $154 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:28
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