2020年6月8日

政府今日表示，已完成防疫抗疫基金下零售业资助计划的审批工作，并向全部约93,000个申请商户发出审批结果通知书。

计划至今已批出约50亿元资助予接近62,000个零售商户。政府正在处理覆核个案，预期经覆核后会有更多申请获批。

计划的电话热线1836 111将于周五下午6时停止服务，而查询电邮enquiry@retailsubsidy.hk则会运作至6月30日。

来源: https://www.news.gov.hk/eng/2020/06/20200608/20200608_170551_868.html

自2020年8月14日起，创新科技署放宽了在「科技券」下关于相关机构的限制。相关机构(即以不同法人机构成立但由相同人士分别持有30%或以上拥有权的企业／机构)将不再被视为同一机构以计算在「科技券」下的累计资助总额。此外，创新科技署亦已在创新及科技基金网页发布了「科技券」获批项目所选用的科技服务供应商和审计服务供应商名单，以供有意申请者预备申请时作参考之用。有关「科技券」的详情请参阅申请指南。

来源: https://tvp.itf.gov.hk/

The popularity of e-commerce has risen in Hong Kong as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, despite the market’s long-standing preference for physical stores.

firm GlobalData says its research shows that the e-commerce market in the territory will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 9.9 per cent by 2024 to reach US$29 billion. This year, e-commerce payments are likely to show a rise of 13.4 per cent as a result of consumers practicing social distancing.

“While the pandemic led to a decline in consumer spending, this is being partially offset by rise in online spending, as wary consumers continue to stay at home and use online channels to purchase goods,” said GlobalData banking and payments lead analyst Ravi Sharma. “The pandemic has resulted in change in consumer buying behavior too as they are avoiding visiting shopping centres and choosing online platforms for their day-to-day purchases.”

Globaldata expects that the new trend will benefit e-payment software companies such as AlipayHK, WeChat Pay and PayPal, while bank and card companies will capitalise on the shift in consumer behaviour with their own new products. Citibank has already entered into a collaboration with local e-commerce player HKTVmall to establish a co-branded credit card offering exclusive benefits to online shoppers.

“Hong Kong has a robust e-commerce market with high internet penetration and high preference for online shopping among consumers, especially younger demographics,” said Sharma.

“The Covid-19 pandemic further accentuates this shift towards online shopping, supporting the payments market growth in the country”.

Source: https://insideretail.asia/2020/07/20/covid-19-fuels-breakthrough-in-hong-kong-e-commerce/