Tradelink 2024 Interim report

15 貿易通電子貿易有限公司 二零二四年中期報告 Management Discussion and Analysis (Continued) 管理層討論及分析（續） 業務回顧（續） 其他服務業務回顧（續） GETS 相關服務業務主要包括我們的道路貨物資料系 統（「 ROCARS 」）、為 GETS 紙張用戶提供紙張轉換電 子文件服務，以及為香港海關（「香港海關」）提供的 ROCARS 及單一窗口（第一及第二階段）外判電話查 詢中心服務。於報告期間，受惠於強勁的 GETS 市 場，所有直接與 GETS 相關的服務總收益按年增加約 5.4% 。此外，由於貸款市場略有改善，來自我們與 PAO Bank Limited （前稱「平安壹賬通銀行（香港）有限 公司」）（「 PAObank 」）的合作之轉介收入較去年同期亦 錄得約 20% 的增長。於二零二四年上半年，我們的 GETS 相關服務業務總量縮減，乃由於缺少了去年上 半年從香港海關收到有關開發及設置外判單一窗口 （第一及第二階段）電話查詢中心服務的一次性收益。 預期在二零二四年下半年，本地零售市場將持續面 臨挑戰，此將對我們的智能銷售點及相關業務產生 負面影響。然而，政府最近宣佈的措施，例如進一 步加強的個人遊計劃和增加內地居民訪客的免稅 額，可能有助於刺激零售市道。此等外界因素不在 我們控制範圍內，我們正積極探索各種機遇及創新 策略，以重新掌控我們的業務。其中一個例子是我 們最近完成智能銷售點的升級工作，以支援數字人 民幣 (e-CNY) 進行跨境支付。此項新功能應能幫助提 升我們智能銷售點的可用性和感知價值。此外，我 們的智能銷售點裝置目前也有一個潛在商機。我們 正與一家本地銀行進行緊密商討，該銀行已表示有 興趣訂購智能銷售點裝置以設置於其零售客戶中。 整體而言，我們對智能銷售點及相關業務在二零二 四年下半年的表現將略有改善持審慎樂觀態度。 Business Review (Continued) Other Services Business Review (Continued) Our GETS-related services business comprises primarily our Road Cargo System (“ROCARS”), the paper-to-electronic conversion services for our GETS paper users, and outsourced call centre services from Customs & Excise Department (“C&ED”) for its ROCARS and TSW (Phases 1 & 2). During the reporting period, benefitted from the strong GETS market, all services that directly linked to GETS generated an increase in total revenue of about 5.4% year-on-year. Furthermore, due to a slightly improved loan market, the referral income from our partnership with PAO Bank Limited (formerly known as “Ping An OneConnect Bank (Hong Kong) Limited”) (“PAObank”) also recorded an increase of about 20% compared to the same period last year. The shrinkage of our total GETS- related services business for the first half of 2024 was attributed to the absence of the one-off revenue received from C&ED in the first half of last year for the development and set up of the outsourced TSW (Phases 1 & 2) call centre services. For the remainder of 2024, the local retail market is expected to continue facing challenges, which will have a negative impact on our Smart PoS and related business. However, there is hope that the recently announced measures by the Government, such as the further enhanced Individual Visit Scheme and the increased duty-free allowance for Mainland resident visitors, might help stimulate the retail market. While these external factors are beyond our control, we are actively exploring various opportunities and innovative strategies to regain control of our business. One example is our recent completion of the enhancement of our Smart PoS to support digital renminbi (e-CNY) for cross-boundary payments. This new feature should help enhance the usability and perceived benefits of our Smart PoS. Also, we currently have a promising lead for our Smart PoS devices. We are engaged in close discussions with a local bank that has expressed interest in ordering Smart PoS devices for deployment among their retail clients. Overall speaking, we are cautiously optimistic that the performance of our Smart PoS and related business would improve slightly in the second half of 2024.