Rogue-employer blacklist exposed: Sing Pao convicted three times, fined HK$215,000, tops repeat-offender list

The first rogue-employer blacklist of MPF default contributions is out. The MPFA yesterday published its online record of non-compliant employers and senior officers for the first time: 3,758 civil and criminal MPF-default records over five years involving more than 2,300 employers, spotlighting 16 repeat offenders — with Sing Pao, chaired by Carson Yeung, criminally convicted three times and fined HK$215,000 in total, topping the repeat-offender chart.

What did Sing Pao do?

Three prosecutions for contribution defaults from 2006–08, 44 charges. MPFA records show Sing Pao was prosecuted three times between 2006 and 2008 for defaulting on staff MPF contributions, involving 44 charges and HK$215,000 in fines — the heaviest fines of any repeat offender. Of the 16 repeat offenders, four were criminally convicted three times; another 12 companies have two criminal convictions, including Shing Shing Security Management — whose parent group’s founder Kwok Chi-hung sits on a security-industry minimum-wage concern group.

Who is the first named director?

Former Digital Arts director Choi Chiu-man-kei, fined HK$22,000. From yesterday the MPFA also names offending directors: the first on the list is former Digital Arts Production director Choi Chiu-man-kei, convicted of failing to contribute for one employee from January to November 2010 and fined HK$22,000. Digital Arts, founded in 1999, was compulsorily wound up earlier this year; its signature work “DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang” (2005) was Hong Kong’s first locally produced 3D animation.

How do you check the blacklist?

The MPFA website covers every record since 24 May 2006. The public can look up the names, business registration numbers and conviction records of every company breaching the MPF ordinance since 24 May 2006; records update regularly and cover five years.

Jobseekers may want to check an employer’s record before signing on; learn more at MPF fund comparison.