Tradelink 2018 Interim Report

11 貿易通電子貿易有限公司  二零一八年中期報告 Management Discussion and Analysis (Continued) 管理層討論及分析 （續） 至於我們的新業務舉措（即旨在促進付貨人、貨運代理與 貨運公司之間的聯繫以及簡化物流流程的物流公共平 台），我們已在今年第一季末開始試行。如二零一七年年 報所述，我們將透過平台用戶的實際使用及交易量，密 切觀察市場反應及接受程度。與大多數平台業務一樣， 到目前為止我們一直向用戶免費提供服務，預期將繼續 提供該優惠直至平台的價值獲用戶廣泛認可及接受。自 該服務試行以來，平台上的登記客戶及活動量均穩步上 升。在繼續進一步完善現有功能的同時，我們正制訂發 展藍圖，於平台上開發更多增值功能及特色，從而為我 們的客戶提供更完備的電子物流解決方案。 在今年下半年，我們將繼續投資智能銷售點業務及上述 的物流公共平台。我們預期 GETS 相關服務的業務環境平 穩，因此其他服務的業務發展仍持續穩定。 中國聯營公司回顧 期內，我們在中國的主要聯營公司南方的業績未如理想， 分 佔 收 益 僅 為 港 幣 400,000 元，較 去 年 同 期 的 港 幣 2,200,000 元大跌 82% 。雖然去年上半年可觀的分佔收益 部分來自若干特殊項目收益，但今年南方的業務確實因 不利的經營環境而面臨一些困難。由於實施全國單一窗 口的進度似會加快，令南方核心業務前景在新的單一窗 口經營環境下面臨重大不明朗因素，故南方的管理層集 中聚焦以應對這項將對其核心業務構成直接影響的重大 策略性事宜。縱使今年下半年的前景不甚樂觀，但我們 知道其主要股東（為擁有強大公司背景的高科技企業的 全資附屬公司）將盡力為南方的業務提供一切可能的支 持。 財務回顧 於回顧期內，本集團的收益為港幣 125,100,000 元，較去 年同期增加 10.6% 。於二零一七年作為電子商貿下的子 分部呈報的 GETS 及商業服務由二零一八年起合併並呈列 為電子商貿，以配合本集團的策略發展。電子商貿於二 零一八年上半年的收益為港幣 88,300,000 元，與去年同期 相若。身份管理於回顧期內錄得強勁的收益增長，按年 增加 72.5% 至港幣 27,000,000 元。有關增幅主要源於向若 干銀行客戶交付電子認識你的客戶項目、生物認證解決 方案及電子保安編碼器解決方案。我們於回顧期內亦為 香港一家知名醫院部署保安方案。其他服務的收益由二 零一七年上半年的港幣 9,100,000 元錄得輕微上升至期內 的港幣 9,800,000 元。 As for our new business initiative which is a logistics community platform developed with the aim to facilitate the interaction among shippers, freight forwarders and carriers and to streamline the logistics process, we have soft launched the platform by the end of the first quarter this year. As mentioned in our 2017 Annual Report, we will closely monitor the market reaction and acceptance through actual user patronage and transactions on the platform. Like most platform businesses, we have so far been offering the service free of charge to users and expect to continue to do so until the value propositions widely appreciated and accepted by users. Since soft launch of the service, we have been able to successfully and gradually ramp up our customer base and activities on the platform. While continuing to further enhance the existing function, we are formulating a roadmap for the development of more value-added functions and features on the platform so as to provide a more complete e-logistics solution for our customers in this respect. For the remainder of the year, we will continue to invest into our Smart PoS business and the above-mentioned logistics community platform. We expect a steady business environment for our GETS-related services and hence a continuing stable business trend for our Other Services. China Associate Review The performance of our major associate in China, Nanfang was disappointing during the period with a share gain of HK$0.4 million only compared to HK$2.2 million for the same period last year, a sharp dip of 82%. Though the handsome amount of share gain in the first half of last year was partly contributed by some exceptional projects revenue, Nanfang’s business this year has indeed gone through some difficulties due to a somewhat discouraging operating environment. Due to the likely advancement of the implementation of their nation-wide single window posing significant uncertainty on the future prospect of Nanfang’s core business under the new single window operating environment, the Nanfang management unfortunately had to divert their focus and attention to address such crucial strategic issues directly affecting their core business. The outlook of the remainder of the year is not that optimistic though we understand their major shareholder (which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a hi-tech enterprise with strong company background) will strive to provide them with as much support as it could to help Nanfang’s business. Financial Review During the review period, the Group’s revenue was HK$125.1 million, an increase of 10.6% over the same period last year. GETS and Commercial Services which were previously reported as sub-segments of E-Commerce in 2017 have been combined and shown as E-Commerce starting 2018 to align with the strategic development of the Group. The E-Commerce revenue at HK$88.3 million in the first half of 2018 was about the same as that of last year. Our IDM recorded a strong revenue growth during the review period by an increase of 72.5% year-on- year to HK$27.0 million. The growth mainly came from the delivery of eKYC project, biometric authentication solution and soft token solution to certain banking clients. We also deployed security solutions to a renowned hospital in Hong Kong during the review period. The revenue of Other Services recorded a slight increase from HK$9.1 million in the first half of 2017 to HK$9.8 million during the period.