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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 (February 28) obtained two orders for payment of outstanding MPF contributions of about $167,000 against two employers at the District Court.
The two employers, Wong Kong Yiu Nigel trading as N K Wong & Co. and Jade Century Company Limited, were ordered to pay the MPFA the sums of $90,583.5 and $77,205.97 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to four and six employees of the respective defendants.
Separately, the MPFA successfully pursued seven claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $106,000 on behalf of 20 employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
At the Tribunal's hearings today, the defendants, W H Mandolyn International Limited and Chong Mun trading as Kee Engineering Co, did not dispute the amount claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $32,886.02 and $2,829.75 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
Another five defendants, Ng Kwok Keung trading as Chapter Printing & Design Company, La Cascina Company Limited, He Fong Development Group Holdings Limited, Wong Lung Keung trading as Ching's Dessert and Kwan Man Chiu trading as We'ar, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the sums of $35,661.6, $25,408.81, $5,627.56, $3,574.2 and $899.11 respectively, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
Meanwhile, the Adjudicator ordered each of the two defendants, Ng Kwok Keung trading as Chapter Printing & Design Limited and Sino Gain Credit Management Limited, to pay the MPFA a financial penalty of $5,000, which was imposed by the MPFA for failing to make MPF contributions for their employees.
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 each defendant to pay the costs of $930 and the Tribunal ordered the defendants to pay $136, $189, $110, $60, $109, $89 and $86 respectively as the costs of the claims.
Ends/Monday, February 28, 2011
Issued at HKT 18:53
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