www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

Online shopping looks ideal answer to HK's retail woes

Updated: 2016-05-17 08:10

By Peter Liang(HK Edition)

  Print Mail Large Medium  Small 分享按鈕 0

Retail industry leaders want the government to help promote online shopping to boost local sales as the industry continues to be hard hit by falling tourist arrivals, especially from the Chinese mainland.

Latest figures show that Hong Kong's retail sales value in the first quarter of this year amounted to just HK$34.66 billion - down 12.5 percent compared with a year ago. The declining trend is widely expected to persist in coming months.

Dwindling retail sales have been largely attributed to the decrease in tourism spending simply because fewer tourists are coming to Hong Kong to spend. A combination of factors, notably the appreciation of the local currency against those of many neighboring economies, especially South Korea and Japan, are responsible for the drop in tourist numbers.

At the same time, domestic consumption is also expected to slacken as economic growth is trammeled by contracting overseas demand, resulting in falling exports of goods and services which, in turn, has led to rising unemployment. Under such circumstances, boosting consumer spending is seen by policymakers and economists as the most effective way to mitigate the fallout from the economic slowdown because the retail sector remains one of the biggest employers in the SAR's service-oriented economy.

In his latest budget, Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah came up with a sizable amount of relive funds in the form of tax rebates and direct subsidies that can benefit the middle-class and alleviate the hardships of needy families. Retail industry experts hope the government will go the extra mile by making it more convenient for people to shop.

Online shopping has never quite taken off in compact Hong Kong despite the internet's widespread use. Hong Kong is ranked first among world cities in connectivity. But not even Amazon, with its extensive global reach, considers it viable to set up shop in the SAR.

Of course, some individual vendors do sell online. But Hong Kong shoppers don't have the convenience of browsing through everything they may need via the internet equivalent of a mega store.

What the government can do to help promote online sales is, perhaps, something that the newly created Innovation and Technology Bureau can consider. The worsening economic slowdown gives the matter an increased sense of urgency.

(HK Edition 05/17/2016 page7)

主站蜘蛛池模板: 毛片美国 | 日韩精品国产一区 | 欧美18毛片免费看 | 亚洲男同可播放videos | 国产日韩精品欧美一区视频 | 午夜影院啪啪 | 中文字幕精品在线观看 | 亚洲高清一区二区三区 | 久久一级黄色片 | 亚洲国产天堂久久综合图区 | 在线观看日本视频免费 | 一区二区三区四区在线播放 | 我要看一级大片 | www.日本在线 | 日韩一级片播放 | 久久狠狠一本精品综合网 | 免费一级a毛片在线播放 | 国产成人高清在线观看播放 | 一区二区三区国产 | 亚洲欧美国产精品久久久 | 免费一级特黄a | 欧美.亚洲.日本一区二区三区 | 国产美女动态免费视频 | 国内国外精品一区二区 | 一级特级aaaa毛片免费观看 | 在线视频一区二区日韩国产 | 香蕉久久网站 | 福利片成人午夜在线 | 岛国搬运工最新网地址 | 亚洲欧美高清视频 | 国产精品成人久久久久久久 | 日本在线观看不卡 | 澳门毛片免费观看 | 一本久久道| 欧美视频成人 | 成人爽a毛片在线视频网站 成人爽爽大片在线观看 | 91香蕉国产亚洲一区二区三区 | 亚洲日本一区二区三区高清在线 | 最近免费手机中文字幕3 | 国产一区国产二区国产三区 | 日本加勒比在线播放 |