貿易通 2021 年中報

Chairman’s Statement 主席報告書 04 Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited Interim Report 2021 Dear Shareholders, Benefitting from the sharp rebound of Hong Kong’s external trade alongside the strong global economic recovery in the first half of 2021, the Group’s operating environment had noticeably improved. The turnover of the Group at HK$128.5 million for the first half of 2021 was 7.4% or HK$8.8 million more than the turnover at HK$119.7 million for the same period last year. The Group’s operating profit for the period at HK$35.8 million was 13.1% or HK$4.2 million higher than the profit last year at HK$31.6 million due to the combined effect of a slight drop of the total operating costs but offset by a considerable increase of other net loss which further worsened by a drop in interest income compared with the same period last year. More specifically, our interest income for the first half of this year plunged from HK$6.9 million last year to HK$2.2 million this year due to the switching of our investments in debt securities and reduction of bank interest rate on time deposits. Furthermore, while our other net loss last year at HK$1.6 million included a subsidy of HK$2.2 million from the Government’s Employment Support Scheme, without such a subsidy this year and the disposal loss as well as adverse fair value changes for some of our investments, our other net loss increased more than three times to HK$5.5 million this year. As a result, a net swing of HK$8.7 million year-on-year was created for these two items (interest income and other net loss). Meanwhile our PRC associate Guangdong Nanfang Haian Science & Technology Service Company Limited (“Nanfang”) has slightly improved its performance during the reporting period over last year as our share of their result was marginally reduced from a loss of HK$2.2 million last year to HK$1.5 million. Even better, unlike the first half of 2020 when we made a provision of HK$4.4 million to write down part of our investment in Nanfang, we did not see the need to do so during the reporting period. Together with a reversal of impairment loss on other financial assets amounting to HK$1.6 million this year vis-à-vis an impairment of HK$0.6 million recognised last year, the Group recorded a profit before tax of HK$35.9 million for the first half of 2021, a handsome increase of 47.0% compared with the profit of HK$24.5 million in 2020. After tax profit for the Group during the reporting period was HK$30.0 million, 48.6% or HK$9.8 million higher than the after-tax profit for the first half of 2020. As for our three business segments, they all recorded favourable results for the first half of 2021 in terms of segment profits with growth ranging from 27.6% to 44.1%. Regarding segment revenue, except for the Identity Management (“IDM”) business which recorded a slight drop of 3.5%, the other two business segments, namely E-Commerce and Other Services, increased 9.0% and 20.9% respectively. 致各位股東： 二零二一年上半年，受惠於香港對外貿易與全球 經濟強勁復甦，本集團的營運環境顯著改善。本 集 團 於 二 零 二 一 年 上 半 年 的 營 業 額 為 港 幣 128,500,000 元，較 去 年 同 期 的 營 業 額 港 幣 119,700,000 元 上 升 7.4% 或 港 幣 8,800,000 元。期 內，經營成本總額雖稍微減少，惟被其他虧損淨 額大幅上漲加上利息收入較去年同期減少所抵 銷，綜合這些因素，本集團的經營溢利錄得港幣 35,800,000 元，較去年的溢利港幣 31,600,000 元增 加 13.1% 或港幣 4,200,000 元。具體來說，於本年度 上半年，由於債務證券投資轉移，且定期存款銀 行利率調低，我們的利息收入自去年的港幣 6,900,000 元大幅下跌至本年的港幣 2,200,000 元。 此外，去年我們的其他虧損淨額港幣 1,600,000 元 包括港幣 2,200,000 元的政府保就業計劃補助，而 今年並無相關補助，加上我們若干投資的出售虧 損及公允價值的不利變動，我們的其他虧損淨額 增加逾三倍至今年的港幣 5,500,000 元。因此，兩 個項目（利息收入及其他虧損淨額）錄得按年變動 淨額港幣 8,700,000 元。 其間，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」）於報告期間的表現，與去年 相比，略有改善，我們分佔其業績由去年的港幣 2,200,000 元虧損輕微減少至港幣 1,500,000 元。更 為欣喜的是，有別於二零二零年上半年我們作出 撥備港幣 4,400,000 元，以撇減於南方的部分投 資，惟於報告期間，我們認為毋須作出此撥備。 計入本年度其他財務資產減值虧損撥回港幣 1,600,000 元，對比去年確認減值港幣 600,000 元， 本集團於二零二一年上半年錄得除稅前溢利港幣 35,900,000 元，較 二 零 二 零 年 的 溢 利 港 幣 24,500,000 元大幅增加 47.0% 。本集團於報告期內 的除稅後溢利為港幣 30,000,000 元，較二零二零年 上半年的除稅後溢利增加 48.6% 或港幣 9,800,000 元。 按分部溢利計算，我們三個業務分部於二零二一 年上半年均錄得可觀業績，增幅介乎 27.6% 至 44.1% 。至於分部收益，除身份管理（「身份管理」） 業務輕微下降 3.5% 外，另外兩個業務分部，即電 子商貿及其他服務，分別上升 9.0% 及 20.9% 。