陈茂波指香港经济因疫情再次暴发受打击 吁各界共度时艰-中新网 中新社香港7月26日电 香港特区政府财政司司长陈茂波26日表示，香港正面对新一波的新冠肺炎疫情冲击，原本略见复苏苗头的商业往来及经济活动也受到打击。 特区政府再次呼吁各大小业主减租，与零售商户、食肆及中小企业共度时艰。 陈茂波当日在网上发表题为《崎岖的复苏之路》的文章。 他表示，香港近期新冠肺炎确诊个案数字高，形势严峻，影响了社会民生，也困扰着经济。 在疫情反复时首要的是严防输入个案，并以最快速度处理及中断病毒传播链；当疫情受控后，则应适时相应地恢复经济活动。 他指出，面对新一波疫情冲击，原本略见复苏苗头的商业往来及经济活动也受到打击。 对商界而言，在合约精神之外，社会责任亦同样重要，尤其是那些在“保就业计划”里取得政府大额补助的集团。 他提及，香港今年第二季度经济状况仍十分严峻，但收缩的态势似乎略为放缓。 出口方面，他认为香港的外围形势仍然严峻。 陈茂波说，香港过去几十年的发展历程显示，每次危机都隐藏着新的机会，每次困难都隐藏了未来发展的钥匙。
Chen Maobo pointed out that Hong Kong's economy was hit by another outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, calling on all sectors to tide over the difficulties together - www.chinanews.com China News Service, Hong Kong, July 26 - Chen Maobo, Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said on the 26th that Hong Kong was facing a new wave of COVID-19 epidemic, and the business contacts and economic activities that had shown signs of recovery were also hit. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region once again appeals to owners of all sizes to reduce rent and tide over the difficulties with retailers, restaurants and SMEs. Chen Maobo published an article entitled "Rugged Road to Recovery" on the Internet that day. He said that the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Hong Kong was high and the situation was grim, which has affected the people's livelihood and plagued the economy. When the COVID-19 epidemic is repeated, the first priority is to prevent imported cases of COVID-19 and deal with and interrupt the transmission chain of COVID-19 as quickly as possible, and when the COVID-19 epidemic is under control, economic activities should be resumed at the right time. He pointed out that in the face of a new wave of COVID-19 epidemic, and the business contacts and economic activities that had shown signs of recovery were also hit. For the business sector, in addition to the spirit of contract, social responsibility is equally important, especially for those groups that have received large subsidies from the government under the Employment Guarantee Scheme. He mentioned that Hong Kong's economic situation in the second quarter of this year was still very grim, but the contraction seemed to slow down slightly. For export, he believed that the external situation of Hong Kong was still grim. Chen Maobo said that the development of Hong Kong in the past decades showed that every crisis hid new opportunities, and every difficulty hid the key to future development.