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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (November 24) obtained an order for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $250,000 against one employer in the District Court. Meanwhile, the MPFA pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $37,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued a judgment against an employer, namely, Multi Dragon International Trading Limited trading as Typhoon Shelter King Crab Restaurant. The defendant was ordered to pay the MPFA the sum of $258,148.59, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 49 employees of the defendant.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendants, including Kei Kei Curtain Company Limited and Dayfoong Dyeing and Weaving Factory Limited, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $25,804.53 and $11,363.11, 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 respectively further awarded payments of $930 for the District Court case and $137 and $80 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Friday, November 24, 2006
Issued at HKT 17:26
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