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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (February 23) pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $50,000 on behalf of three employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The defendants - K-Tech International Limited and Winning International Investment Holdings Limited trading as Cage Club - did not appear at today's hearing. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $37,388.12 and $14,965.00, 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 court further awarded payments of $160 and $250 as costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Thursday, February 23, 2006
Issued at HKT 18:01
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