貿易通 2021 年中報

Chairman’s Statement (Continued) 主席報告書 （續） 05 二零二一年中期報告 貿易通電子貿易有限公司 During the reporting period, as the global economy gathered further momentum with strong fiscal and monetary support in many major economies and the rollout of mass vaccination programme, Hong Kong had made a strong recovery and our economy finally turned the corner, posting its fastest growth since 2010. Benefitting from such a favourable operating environment in the first half of this year, the overall Government Electronic Trading Services (“GETS”) market rebounded by a hefty 22% year-on-year, breaking the previous record growth of 14% set in 2010. Our GETS business in the E-Commerce segment also recorded handsome growth. Though encumbered by the shrinkage of the Supply Chain Solutions business during the reporting period, the turnover of our E-Commerce segment at HK$88.9 million was still up markedly by 9.0% or HK$7.3 million compared with the turnover at HK$81.6 million for the same period last year. Thanks to our effective cost control measures, the reportable segmental profit for our combined E-Commerce business for the period was HK$32.9 million, significantly increased by 27.6%, or HK$7.1 million, compared with the HK$25.8 million profit for the same period last year. Though revenue of our IDM business marginally dropped by 3.5% from HK$26.7 million in the first half of last year to HK$25.7 million this year, due to the shift of business to more profitable products reducing the overall costs, segment profit for this business actually increased by 32.3% to HK$2.9 million compared with the profit at HK$2.2 million for the same period last year. For the first half of the year, our Other Services segment comprising mainly our Smart Point-of-Sales (“PoS”) and GETS-related services also recorded good results as its turnover increased 20.9% from HK$11.4 million last year to HK$13.8 million this year. During the reporting period, though remaining far below the pre-pandemic level as inbound tourism remained stalled amidst travel restrictions worldwide, the retail market in Hong Kong had manifested gradual improvement. We were pleased to receive a new order, albeit not sizeable, for our Smart PoS from our major bank customer in the first half of this year. It was more than a year since we last received Smart PoS orders from any of our bank customers. With this new order and several small development projects received during the reporting period, turnover of our Smart PoS business increased 43.8% to HK$3.0 million compared with the turnover at HK$2.1 million for the same period last year. As for our GETS-related services, the growth was largely in line with the general trend of GETS market development. Regarding our community logistics platform, VSHIP, as mentioned in my Statement in the 2020 Annual Report, technically it had been integrated into the E-Commerce platform. As such, since the beginning of 2021, no operating costs were recorded to separately maintain and support VSHIP. This mainly explained the hefty 44.1% jump of the profit of our Other Services segment to HK$7.0 million for the first half of this year from HK$4.9 million for the same period last year. 於報告期間，多個主要經濟體實施強而有力的財 政及貨幣支持措施，並推出大規模疫苗接種計 劃，進一步推動全球經濟，香港呈現強勁復甦， 我們的經濟終見否極泰來，錄得自二零一零年以 來最快的增幅。受惠於本年度上半年的有利營商 環境，整體政府電子貿易服務（「 GETS 」）市場按 年大幅回升 22% ，打破之前於二零一零年的 14% 增幅記錄。我們的電子商貿分部下的 GETS 業務亦 錄得不錯增長。於報告期間，儘管受供應鏈應用 方案業務縮減拖累，但電子商貿分部營業額仍較 去年同期的營業額港幣 81,600,000 元顯著增加 9.0% 或港幣 7,300,000 元，達港幣 88,900,000 元。全 賴我們有效的成本控制措施，期內，合併電子商 貿業務可呈報分部溢利為港幣 32,900,000 元，較去 年同期溢利港幣 25,800,000 元顯著增加 27.6% 或港 幣 7,100,000 元。 身 份 管 理 業 務 收 益 由 去 年 上 半 年 的 港 幣 26,700,000 元 輕 微 下 跌 3.5% 至 本 年 度 的 港 幣 25,700,000 元，惟因業務轉向利潤更高的產品而 整體成本得以減低，此業務的分部溢利實際較去 年同期的溢利港幣 2,200,000 元上升 32.3% 至港幣 2,900,000 元。 我們的其他服務分部主要包括智能銷售點（「銷售 點」）及 GETS 相關服務。於本年度上半年，此分部 亦錄得優秀業績，營業額自去年的港幣 11,400,000 元上升 20.9% 至本年度的港幣 13,800,000 元。於報 告期間，縱使各國實施的旅遊限制令入境旅遊仍 然停滯，使香港零售市場依然遠低於疫情前的水 平，但情況已逐步好轉。我們欣喜於本年度上半 年接獲主要銀行客戶智能銷售點的新訂單，規模 雖然並不龐大，惟我們最後接獲銀行客戶的智能 銷售點訂單已是一年多之前的事。隨著報告期內 接獲的此項新訂單及多個小型發展項目，智能銷 售點業務的營業額較去年同期的營業額港幣 2,100,000 元 增 加 43.8% 至 港 幣 3,000,000 元。就 我 們的 GETS 相關服務方面，增幅大致與 GETS 市場 發展整體趨勢相符。誠如本人於二零二零年年報 的報告書內所述，我們的公共物流平台 VSHIP 基 本上已整合至電子商務平台。因此，自二零二一 年初起，並無錄得單獨為 VSHIP 維護及支援的經 營成本。此為其他服務分部溢利自去年同期的港 幣 4,900,000 元大幅跳升 44.1% 至本年度上半年的 港幣 7,000,000 元的主要原因。