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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (April 18) obtained two orders in the District Court against two employers for payment of outstanding MPF contributions at about $250,000. The MPFA also pursued two claims in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $60,000 on behalf of four employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employers.
The District Court today issued judgments against Sharp Idea Food Services Limited and Lifestyle Beauty Professional Limited. The defendants were ordered to pay the MPFA the respective sums of $147,640.84 and $117,804.68, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable to 24 and 4 employees of the defendants.
At the tribunal's hearing today, the two defendants, Kwok Ping Lam formerly trading as Senior Cargo Co. and Max Creator Limited trading as Hang Hing Seafood Hot Pot Restaurant, did not appear. In their absence, the Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA the respective sums of $45,045 and $14,387.42, 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 and $300, $120 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:21
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