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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 (January 21) obtained two orders for payment of outstanding MPF contributions of about $566,000 against two employers at the District Court.
The two employers were New Vision Engineering Limited and Jollybaby International Limited. They were ordered to pay the MPFA $446,482.71 and $119,814.34 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 50 and 10 employees of the respective defendants.
Meanwhile, the MPFA successfully pursued one claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for $21,359.99 on behalf of ten employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employer.
At the Tribunal's hearing today, the defendant, Tat Shing (Hong Kong) Clothing Limited, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $21,359.99, 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 and the Tribunal ordered the defendant to pay $106 as the costs of the claim.
Ends/Friday, January 21, 2011
Issued at HKT 17:52
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