The Hong Kong Non-Franchised Bus Association and the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association collected over a hundred travel agencies, bus companies and hotels last week. They went to petition outside the government headquarters today (22), requesting that normal customs clearance be resumed as soon as possible, and the "Interest but not principal repayment" will be continued. "plan.
Cui Dingbang, Director General of the Association for the Promotion of Tourism, said that the government hopes to gradually end the policy of “repaying interest but not repaying the principal” in April next year. Ability to repay the money, urge the government to complete customs clearance within this year.
Cui Dingbang pointed out that the government and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority plan to undertake guarantees for SMEs with a "interest repayment without principal" period of up to 540 days. The current customs closure period has far exceeded the government's expectations and the period that financial institutions can afford. He hopes that the authorities can extend " "Repay the interest but not the principal" plan.
Cai Shunji, deputy general manager of Ever East Coach Management Co., Ltd., said that the industry's primary demand is to clear customs as soon as possible. As long as there is customs clearance, the tourism industry can operate normally and solve economic problems. I hope that the government will pay attention to industries that have "zero income" under the epidemic.
He also pointed out that even after the customs are fully cleared, it will take time for the industry to earn enough revenue, urging the industry to continue "repaying interest but not repaying the principal" until one year after normal customs clearance.
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