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The Transportation and Housing Bureau intends to provide shipping agents with half-tax concessions and submit them to the Legislative Council next year

2021-11-27T04:41:08.775Z


Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, shipping has also been affected. The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said today (27th) that the study on further implementation of tax incentives has been completed, and he suggested that he be a designated marine business principal.


Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, shipping has also been affected.

The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Chen Fan, said today (27th) that he has completed the study on the further implementation of tax incentives, and proposed to provide half-tax concessions for designated marine business principals, namely ship managers, shipping agents and ship brokers. In order to attract more relevant shipping companies to settle in Hong Kong, it plans to submit to the Legislative Council proposals for legislative amendments on tax concessions next year.


Chen Fan pointed out that he is discussing the establishment of a communication platform with the port cities of Guangdong Province to strengthen the communication and cooperation between the ports of the two places.

He also urged voters to vote enthusiastically on the polling day of the Legislative Council election, "with actions to support the steady and long-term development of "One Country, Two Systems", so that Hong Kong's shipping and various industries can continue to flourish.


Chen Fan stated in his blog today that under the epidemic, the Hong Kong government has been committed to assisting the maritime port industry to maintain effective operations, ensuring the smooth delivery of goods to all parts of the world, and maintaining close cooperation with terminal operators to protect public health. , Make arrangements to facilitate the shift of crews in the port, as well as refuel and provide supplies for ships.

He also pointed out that in the face of various challenges to the Hong Kong maritime industry, the government will continue to communicate closely with the industry and work together to formulate a comprehensive strategy.

He also said that following last year’s legislative amendments to provide profit tax concessions for ship lessors and maritime insurance businesses, the Maritime and Ports Bureau’s maritime business principal task force has completed the study on further implementation of tax concessions and recommended that it be designated as designated Shipping business principals, namely ship managers, shipping agents and ship brokers, provide half-tax concessions to attract more related shipping companies to settle in Hong Kong.

In addition, the Transportation and Housing Bureau is also setting up a task force through the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Bureau to work hand in hand with the industry to study specific plans to promote the development of "smart ports", including the establishment of a digital system to facilitate communication and storage between terminal operators and relevant industry players. Obtain information to streamline operations and optimize multi-party coordination, further improve the efficiency of the Hong Kong port and reduce cargo handling time and costs.

Chen Fan also plans to further improve the overseas support team of the Hong Kong Ship Registry, further expand the scope of services of the registry, provide faster and more direct support to ship owners, and promote the Hong Kong Ship Registration service.

Since the end of 2019, the Marine Department has established Hong Kong ship registration regional support teams in stages in London, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney.

At the end of this year, regional support teams will be gradually added in San Francisco, Tokyo and Toronto.

The East Kowloon Line and the North Island Line’s railway plans are reported to have changed. The Transport and Housing Bureau and the MTR say that they will further study the new crown pneumonia. If the landlord does not pay for the repairs, he will have to rely on legal means to recover the new crown pneumonia | To avoid transfer guest pod poison Chen Zhaoshi: I believe the Transport and Housing Bureau and the Airport Authority have communicated with the rent management | The Transport and Housing Bureau emphasizes that it is not unwilling to set the initial rent increase Land supply is king

Source: hk1

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