Exempt Persons

The following are exempt persons who are not required to join an MPF scheme:

domestic employees;
self-employed hawkers;
people covered by statutory pension or provident fund schemes, such as civil servants and subsidized or grant school teachers;
members of occupational retirement schemes which are granted MPF exemption certificates;
people from overseas who enter Hong Kong for employment for not more than 13 months, or who are covered by overseas retirement schemes; and
employees of the European Union Office of the European Commission in Hong Kong.