China News Service, July 27. According to the "Macao Daily" report, the Macao SAR government member Li Liangwang earlier asked the SAR government to continue to pay attention to the operation of small, medium and micro enterprises and the employment situation of residents through a written question.
In response, the Macao SAR Economic and Technological Development Bureau stated that in response to the impact of the epidemic on Macao’s economy, the SAR government has successively launched a number of support measures, including opening up applications for the “SME Bank Loan Interest Subsidy Program” and temporarily relaxing the “SME Assistance Program”. ", and an extension of the application period for "Adjustment of Repayments for Various Assistance Programs".
Among them, the temporary measure of "adjustment of repayment" allows enterprises that have been approved for the "Small and Medium Enterprises Assistance Program", "Youth Entrepreneurship Assistance Program" and "Tiange Special Assistance Program" to apply for a downward adjustment of the two outstanding payments before the end of this year. Up to 1,000 yuan (patacas, the same below) per instalment, the balance will be amortized evenly within the repayment period.
According to the Bureau of Science and Technology, from 2020 to the end of May this year, the bureau has approved a total of 7,774 applications, involving an amount of 360 million yuan. Enterprises in need can also apply for two instalments of repayment adjustments at the same time; and approved 6,515 applications for the "Small and Medium Enterprise Assistance Program". ”, the approved amount is about 2.3 billion yuan.
According to the administrative regulations of the relevant plan, if the beneficiary enterprise ceases to operate, it must pay off the payment within a specified period.
Taking into account the uncertainty of the epidemic, the bureau has extended the repayment period from 30 days to 90 days.
If the enterprise still fails to repay, the case will be referred to the Financial Services Bureau for follow-up, and the Financial Services Bureau will discuss the repayment plan with the enterprise to protect the rational use of public funds.
The Macao SAR government has also cooperated with regional chambers of commerce to launch the “Specialty Store Program” to assist small, medium and micro enterprises to strengthen online and offline publicity, as well as assist enterprises to enter well-known e-commerce platforms in the Mainland, increase their popularity and sales by taking advantage of network traffic, and enhance their competitiveness. Promote the introduction of new elements of technology into the community. Last year, the "Guanqian Gathering" campaign, which was launched as a pilot project in Guanqian District, has been extended to the outlying island district this year to launch the "Youlu Ring" campaign, which will help drive the community economy and encourage business transformation and innovation. develop.
At the same time, the SAR government has launched the "Third Round of Anti-epidemic Electronic Consumption Concession Scheme" to stimulate consumption and boost domestic demand, providing impetus for local small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in various industries to continue their operations, thereby creating employment demand for the market.