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The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (April 30) 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.
At the tribunal's hearing, the two defendants, Imperial Industry Company Limited and Kan Yat Fung trading as Yat Sing Construction & Machinery Co, did not dispute the amounts claimed. The Adjudicator ordered them to pay the MPFA $27,047.06 and $10,456.92, being mandatory contributions in arrears and surcharges payable.
The Adjudicator also ordered Imperial Industry Company Limited to pay the MPFA the sum of $5,000 being financial penalty imposed by the MPFA for failure to make MPF contributions for its employee.
The amounts awarded will be reimbursed to the employees' MPF account as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The tribunal further awarded $136 and $190 as the costs in respect of the claims.
Ends/Monday, April 30, 2007
Issued at HKT 18:08
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