Message from the Chairman of HKRMA
香港零售管理協會主席之話
Mr. Thomson Cheng
鄭偉雄先生
I am very honored to have been re-elected as the Chairman for the term of
2016-2018 at the 33
rd
Annual General Meeting on 14 October, 2016. I am
grateful for the unfailing support and advice that I have received from my fellow
Executive Committee members. It is indeed a great privilege for me to serve
the Association and the retail industry. I would like to welcome all 28 Ex-Co
members for this new term. With their insights and support, I am confident that
the Association can further expand its scope of services and benefit the members
and the retail trade as a whole.
2016 has been a challenging year for Hong Kong. Despite strong headwinds,
the Hong Kong economy has proven to be more resilient than expected. A 1.9%
year-over-year growth was recorded in the GDP in the third quarter of this year,
which is better than the previous two quarters. The economic growth forecast
for the whole year has been adjusted to 1.5%, the mid-point of the 1%-2% range
forecast by the Government in August.
Hong Kong's retail sales value has been sliding for 20 months. For the first ten
months of 2016, the total retail sales decreased by 8.9% compared with a year
ago. However, the retail industry observed the smallest decline of the year in
October 2016 at 2.9%, mainly due to the improved tourist numbers that month.
The constant depreciation of the Renminbi has led to a stronger Hong Kong
dollar, which makes Hong Kong less attractive in the eyes of Mainland tourists.
Retailers have been responding to the downward trend in the retail market by
introducing several effective initiatitives.
The Association expects better retail performance in the coming festive season.
Depending on the performance of Q4, we forecast the retail sales value to drop
by 7-8% in 2016 as a whole.
While overcoming the challenges together, the Association continues to seek new
business opportunities for members. We have been working alongside prominent
local e-tailers and international players to build an online ecosystem to facilitate
the development of e-commerce in Hong Kong. The Association, together with
Alibaba Group and the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, organized the first-
ever "Taobao CEO E-Commerce Training Programme" in November this year.
This four-day programme, took place in Hong Kong and Hangzhou, included
seminars, visits to prominent e-commerce enterprises and experience sharing
於
2016
年
10
月
14
日舉行的第
33
屆周年大會
上，我很榮幸再次當選
2016
至
2018
年度的主
席，衷心感謝執委會成員一直以來的支持與寶
貴意見。能為協會及零售業服務，實乃一大光
榮。我謹此歡迎新一屆執委會的
28
位成員，相
信他們的真知灼見與支持，定能帶領協會擴大
服務範疇，為會員及業界帶來裨益。
香港於
2016
年面對艱難的考驗，儘管障礙重
重，香港經濟仍然比預期穩健。第三季本地
生產總值按年增長
1.9%
，超越前兩季表現。
全年經濟增長預測修訂至
1.5%
，介乎政府八
月預測的
1%
至
2%
之間。
香港零售銷售價值連續
2 0
個月下跌。於
2016
年首十個月，零售銷售總額較去年下跌
8.9%
，但十月僅微跌
2.9%
，跌幅為全年最
小，主要由於該月旅客人數回升。人民幣持
續貶值亦令港元強勢，削弱香港對內地旅客
的吸引力。在零售業放緩近兩年的情況下，
零售商已積極推出多項有效措施，應對市場
的變化與考驗。
聖誕將至，協會預料零售市道將會好轉，而
視乎第四季的表現，協會預計全年零售銷售
價值將下跌
7%
至
8%
。
協會與業界攜手並肩克服考驗的同時，亦不
忘為會員發掘新商機。我們積極與本地著名
網上零售商及國際電商平台合作建立香港電
子商貿生態圈，以推動香港這方面的發展。
協會亦與阿里巴巴集團及香港工業總會於
十一月合辦首屆「淘寶電商培訓計劃」。為
期四天的計劃於香港及杭州舉行，除了講
座，還會安排參加者參觀著名的電子商貿企
業，並與有關專家分享經驗。負責電子商貿
的零售行政人員及同事不但可了解中國發展
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