Revive the Economy
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- Electronic
Consumption
Vouchers
- Issue $5,000 electronic consumption vouchers in instalments to each eligible Hong Kong permanent resident and new arrival aged 18 or above to facilitate and stimulate local consumption
- Inject $1.5 billion into the Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestic Sales, increase funding ceiling per enterprise to $6 million and extend its geographical coverage in phases
- Allocate $375 million to Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to enhance its capability to organise online activities and to proceed with digitalisation
- Explore the use of HKTDC’s platforms to assist young business starters in promoting their original products
- Develop the business version of the “iAM Smart” digital authentication platform
- Provide electronic submission means for most government forms and licence applications by mid-2022
- Provide e-payment options (including Faster Payment System) for making payments of most government bills and licences starting from mid-2022
- Explore the development of the Hong Kong Legal Cloud
Support Tourism
- Earmark $169 million to continue to take forward local cultural, heritage and creative tourism projects
- Earmark $765 million to support Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) in reviving the tourism industry
- HKTB to conduct a comprehensive review of the positioning of Hong Kong’s tourism in the long run, formulate strategies to spur industry’s recovery
- Consider reviving local group tours provided that public health can be safeguarded, allowing room for industry’s business operation
- Discuss and work out Air Travel Bubble arrangement with suitable places
