零售管理协会促全港商铺业主取消底租一年 停采法律手段收铺
香港零售管理协会主席向全港商铺业主发公开信,指自去年6月开始,零售业相继受社会事件及新型冠状病毒打击已超过一年;捱到今天,整个行业已是苟延残喘,到了山穷水尽,随时崩溃的状态。
无奈的是,香港现时大部分零售店铺的租约,都是在香港发生巨变之前签订,即使零售商的收入已经下跌超过一半甚至八成,仍要承担比现时租值贵一倍或更高的租金。事实上,很多业主只提供了非常短暂的租金纾缓,并由4月开始陆续收紧对零售商的支援。时至今日,大部分店铺已得不到减租,而他们的收入只足够支付部分租金,或甚至根本没能力交租。令人担忧的是,部分业主漠视零售商的惨况,以法律行动迫使他们缴交全数租金,或以续约作为得到租金纾缓的条件,扼杀零售商努力求存的机会。
该会称,纵有政府的「保就业」计划,面对高昂租金加上新一轮疫情的冲击,协会担心零售商未捱到计划完结前,业界已出现大规模结业和裁员潮。
为此,协会於7月17日与特首林郑月娥会晤,反映业界困境。特首对业界表达同情和关注,并公开呼吁商铺业主与零售商共渡时艰,如有需要,政府乐意配合。
该会向全港商铺业主提出两大请求,(一)对暂时无法缴付租金的商户,停止采取任何法律手段或收回店铺,为期不少於九个月;(二)恳请取消底租,按租户营业额收取分成租金,为期九至十二个月,让零售商有继续营运和争取生存的空间。
零售业的情况已岌岌可危,若得不到各商铺业主立刻施予援手,全港6万多间零售店铺将陷入结业危机,超过26万零售从业员和他们家人的生计将无以为继。协会希望上述诉求能尽快得到回应。
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