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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 (November 12) obtained an order for payment of outstanding MPF contributions of about $76,000 against an employer in the District Court.
The employer, Ho Sai trading as Ka Chung Construction Co, was ordered to pay the MPFA $76,940.42, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 28 employees of the defendant.
Meanwhile, the MPFA successfully pursued a claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $4,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employer.
At the Tribunal's hearings today, the defendant, Smart Advanced Holdings Limited, did not appear. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $4,642.36, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amounts awarded at both 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 defendant to pay the costs of $930. The Tribunal ordered the defendant to pay $96 as the costs of the claims.
Ends/Friday, November 12, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:32
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