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零售管理協會促全港商舖業主取消底租一年 停採法律手段收舖
阿思達克 07-28 12:26
香港零售管理協會主席向全港商舖業主發公開信,指自去年6月開始,零售業相繼受社會事件及新型冠狀病毒打擊已超過一年;捱到今天,整個行業已是苟延殘喘,到了山窮水盡,隨時崩潰的狀態。

無奈的是,香港現時大部分零售店舖的租約,都是在香港發生巨變之前簽訂,即使零售商的收入已經下跌超過一半甚至八成,仍要承擔比現時租值貴一倍或更高的租金。事實上,很多業主只提供了非常短暫的租金紓緩,並由4月開始陸續收緊對零售商的支援。時至今日,大部分店舖已得不到減租,而他們的收入只足夠支付部分租金,或甚至根本沒能力交租。令人擔憂的是,部分業主漠視零售商的慘況,以法律行動迫使他們繳交全數租金,或以續約作為得到租金紓緩的條件,扼殺零售商努力求存的機會。

該會稱,縱有政府的「保就業」計劃,面對高昂租金加上新一輪疫情的衝擊,協會擔心零售商未捱到計劃完結前,業界已出現大規模結業和裁員潮。

為此,協會於7月17日與特首林鄭月娥會晤,反映業界困境。特首對業界表達同情和關注,並公開呼籲商舖業主與零售商共渡時艱,如有需要,政府樂意配合。

該會向全港商舖業主提出兩大請求,(一)對暫時無法繳付租金的商戶,停止採取任何法律手段或收回店舖,為期不少於九個月;(二)懇請取消底租,按租戶營業額收取分成租金,為期九至十二個月,讓零售商有繼續營運和爭取生存的空間。

零售業的情況已岌岌可危,若得不到各商舖業主立刻施予援手,全港6萬多間零售店舖將陷入結業危機,超過26萬零售從業員和他們家人的生計將無以為繼。協會希望上述訴求能盡快得到回應。

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