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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (June 19) pursued nine claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $190,000 on behalf of 14 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At today's hearing, the defendants, Mercer House Interiors Limited and Kayart Bus Limited, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $37,432.5 and $34,996.32, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The other seven defendants - Chan Wing Kin trading as Sun Wing Lee Transportation Company, Pascon Industry Limited, Wong Chun Chun trading as Ching Wah Trading Co., True Light Civil Contractors Limited, The Park Language Group Limited, Magnate Holdings Limited and Over-Top Professional Photo Company Limited - did not appear at today﷿s hearing. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $46,705.56, $32,917.5, $21,311.62, $10,815.07, $6,142.9, $4,125.02 and $3,048.56, 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 $390, $160, $170, $290, $180, $80, $270, $300 and $100 as the costs in respect of the claims.
The Park Language Group Limited pleaded guilty at Kwun Tong Magistracy earlier to 14 counts of failing to make MPF contributions on time and was fined $18,000.
Ends/Monday, June 19, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:39
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