The following is issued on behalf of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority:

The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) today (July 29) pursued a claim in the Small Claims Tribunal for some $33,000 on behalf of two employees, who were owed MPF contributions by their employer.

At the Tribunals hearing today, the defendant, Top Union Engineering Limited, did not appear. In its absence, the Adjudicator ordered it to pay the MPFA $33,184.25, being mandatory contribution in arrears and surcharges payable.

The amount awarded will be reimbursed to the employees MPF accounts as soon as they are received by the MPFA. The Adjudicator further ordered the defendant to pay $225 as the cost of the claim.