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The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:
An officer and two employers were fined a total of $56,000 at the Kwun Tong Magistracy today (January 17) after being convicted of offences under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (the Ordinance).
Smart Rich International Limited trading as Meway Transportation Co was charged with an offence under section 7(1A)(b) of the Ordinance and fined $6,000 for the summons for failing to enrol an employee in an MPF scheme as required by the Ordinance.
Smart Rich International Limited trading as Meway Transportation Co was also charged with an offence under section 7AA(7) of the Ordinance. The defendant pleaded guilty to 10 counts of failing to make MPF contributions to the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) for an employee who was not a member of a registered scheme within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between November 2008 and August 2009. The defendant was fined $3,000 for each summons, totalling $30,000.
Lam Siu Yu Philip, an officer of Land Asia Management Limited, was charged with offences under sections 7A(8) and 44 of the Ordinance and pleaded guilty to five counts of failing to make MPF contributions for an employee within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between January and May 2010. The defendant was fined $2,000 for each summons, totalling $10,000.
Land Asia Management Limited was also charged with an offence under section 7A(8) of the Ordinance and pleaded guilty to five counts of failing to make MPF contributions for an employee within the prescribed time for the contribution periods between January and May 2010. The defendant was fined $2,000 for each summons, totalling $10,000.
Meanwhile, the MPFA successfully pursued one claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for $4,151.14 for an employee who was owed MPF contributions by his employer.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendant, GISC Asia Limited, did not appear. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $4,151.14, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The amount awarded will be reimbursed to the employee's MPF account as soon as it is received by the MPFA. The Adjudicator further ordered the defendant to pay $146 as the cost of the claim.
Ends/Monday, January 17, 2011
Issued at HKT 18:10
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