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Our business had been hard hit during the pandemic as there have been fewer people buying bread for breakfast as a result of working or studying from home. At the same time, we faced additional costs as we needed to spend more on disinfectant supplies, at least 80 to 90 face masks are required for our 20 staff on a daily basis. The rent relief cannot be more timely, with the 75 per cent rent waiver, we only have to pay a quarter of the original, and it was the biggest help for us indeed.
疫情期間我們的生意受到很大衝擊，因為大家都在家工 作或學習，很少人買麵包當早餐。另外，因為消毒用品 花費增加，成本也水漲船高，二十名員工每天至少需要 八十到九十個口罩。租金寬減來得太及時了，有了這百 分之七十五的寬減，我們只要付原來租金的四分之一， 這對我們來說就是最大的幫助。
Mrs Siu, bakery owner at Moon Lok Dai Ha
滿樂大廈麵包店老闆蕭太
香港房屋協會 2020/21 年度年報
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BUSINESS OVERVIEW 業務概覽 SERVING OUR RESIDENTS WITH EXCELLENCE 盡心服務居民
Rent Reduction for Commercial Tenants
Since April 2020, the Housing Society has increased rent concessions from 50 to 75 per cent for eligible commercial tenants.
In order to help ease the business pressure as they grappled with diminished revenue due to social distancing measures, the Housing Society rolled out a series of rent reduction initiatives since October 2019 which will remain in effect through to 30 September 2021.
These included extending rent concession on two occasions up to a maximum of 75 per cent for about 480 eligible commercial tenants, car park operators and about 580 tenants of monthly parking spaces for commercial vehicles; and offering a full rent waiver for the period when commercial tenants were required to close their business as a result of the Government’s anti- pandemic measures.
As a result of the concessions, revenue from the commercial portfolio was reduced by HK$270 million in 2020/21.
商業租戶租金寬減
自二零二零年四月以來，房協已將合資格商 業租戶的租金減免由百分之五十增加至百分 之七十五。
因實施社交距離措施，商戶收益減少，為減 輕他們的經營壓力，房協自二零一九年十月 起推出一系列租金寬減措施，有關措施將繼 續生效，直至二零二一年九月三十日。
措施包括分兩次延長租金減免，為四百八十 名合資格商戶、停車場營運商和約五百八十 名停車場商業車輛月租租戶提供最多百分之 七十五的租金減免，另向因配合政府抗疫措 施而須停業的商戶，豁免受影響期間的全數 租金。
由於推行減免措施，商業物業組合的收益於 二零二零╱二一年度減少二億七千萬港元。