貿易通 2020 年年報

Chairman’s Statement (Continued) 主席報告書（續） 二零二零年年報 貿易通電子貿易有限公司 09 回顧（續） 我們的其他服務業務主要包括智能銷售點（「銷售 點」）業務及 GETS 相關服務，其於二零二零年的收 益 為 港 幣 23,600,000 元，較 二 零 一 九 年 的 港 幣 35,000,000 元下跌 32.7% 。分部溢利亦由二零一九 年的港幣 14,800,000 元下跌 32.7% 至二零二零年的 港幣 10,000,000 元。此業務的全年分部收益及溢利 萎縮程度與上半年相對接近。此乃由於我們智能 銷售點業務的零售業客戶於下半年繼續面對 COVID-19 蔓延帶來的嚴峻挑戰。儘管零售業務在 第三季度有復甦跡象，且疫情穩定下來，社交距 離措施逐漸放緩， COVID-19 自十一月起的第四波 疫情推翻了此局面，政府重新收緊防疫措施，再 次為零售業界帶來極大壓力。結果，我們的智能 銷售點業務於二零二零年的收益為港幣 4,600,000 元，較 二 零 一 九 年 的 港 幣 14,800,000 元 下 跌 69.0% 。在 COVID-19 對香港外圍貿易造成的影響 下，我們 GETS 相關服務的業績亦大致隨著 GETS 業務的趨勢而下跌。 儘管我們的中國聯營公司廣東南方海岸科技服務 有限公司（「南方」）在二零二零年的表現未如理 想，惟上半年的表現有所改善。我們的分佔虧損 由二零二零年上半年的港幣 2,200,000 元收窄至二 零二零年全年的港幣 1,400,000 元。二零一九年的 分佔收益港幣 800,000 元與二零二零年的分佔虧損 港 幣 1,400,000 元 比 較，變 動 額 為 港 幣 2,200,000 元，而二零二零年上半年，變動額更高，達港幣 3,600,000 元。儘管南方似乎已渡過其最具挑戰的 時期，業務慢慢顯示復甦跡象，惟該公司可能需 要一些時間才能恢復盈利。我們審慎決定於二零 二零年，將此投資部份進一步撇減至合共港幣 9,000,000 元。 Review (Continued) As for our Other Services business, comprised primarily the Smart Point-of-Sales (“PoS”) business and GETS related services, 2020 revenue sat at HK$23.6 million, was down 32.7% from HK$35.0 million in 2019. Segment profit also dropped 32.7% from HK$14.8 million in 2019 to HK$10.0 million in 2020. The extent of contraction of the segment’s revenue and profit for this business for the entire year was relatively close to that of the first half of the year. This was due to the fact that customers of our Smart PoS business in the retail industry continued to be subject to severe challenges in the second half of the year caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. Though the retail business showed signs of recovery in the third quarter, alongside the stabilized epidemic situation and gradual easing of social distancing measures, the fourth wave of COVID-19 that began in November overturned the situation, with the Government re-tightening the anti-epidemic measures, which once again put extreme pressure on the retail sector in particular. As a result, our Smart PoS business revenue in 2020 was HK$4.6 million, down 69.0% compared to the HK$14.8 million of 2019. Largely following the trend of our GETS business, the performance of our GETS related services also fell due to the effects of COVID-19 on Hong Kong’s external trade. Although the performance of our PRC associate, Guangdong Nanfang Haian Science & Technology Service Company Limited (“Nanfang”) was disappointing during 2020, it did see an improvement over the first half of the year. Our share loss was narrowed from HK$2.2 million in the first half of 2020 to HK$1.4 million for the entire year of 2020. With a share gain of HK$0.8 million in 2019 versus a share loss of HK$1.4 million in 2020, the swing was HK$2.2 million whereas for the first half of 2020, the swing was higher at HK$3.6 million. Though Nanfang’s most challenging time appears to be over and the business is slowly showing signs of revival, it may take some time for the company to return to profitability. On a prudence basis, we decided to further write down part of this investment to a total of HK$9.0 million for 2020.