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◇ 議會與香港數碼港管理有限公司於七月三日合辦商業配對活動，讓會員與資訊科技公司代表商談合作機會。
◇ The TIC and Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited jointly organised a business
matching function on 3 July 2019 in order for members to discuss cooperation opportunities with IT
companies.

議會於去年獲政府撥款，建立「一帶一路及大灣區旅 of an Information Zone, Product Zone and Business Zone, it is
遊平台」；經過一年多努力後，平台已於十月底面 aimed at assisting members in seizing the opportunities brought
by the B&R Initiative and the GBA, connecting members with
世。平台分為資訊區、產品區及商務區，旨在協助會
industry players from the relevant countries and cities and
員把握一帶一路及大灣區所帶來的機遇，聯繫會員與 providing B&R and GBA tourism information for both outbound

相關國家及城市的同業，以及為外遊和入境旅客提供 travellers and inbound visitors. Additional funding was allocated
一帶一路及大灣區的旅遊資訊。政府今年再向議會提 to the TIC this year in order to give impetus to the industry
to devise more GBA and B&R tourism products and provide
供額外撥款，藉以推動業界開發更多大灣區及一帶一
training subsidies for the traders.
路的旅遊產品，以及為旅遊從業員提供培訓資助。
For a long time, when self-employed tour escorts and tourist
一直以來，自僱領隊及導遊在執行職務時，市場上都 guides perform their duties, there had been no work insurance
沒有為他們而設的工作保險。議會由去十月開始，與 policies on the market tailor-made for them. In order for them
to be covered by work insurance, the TIC had negotiated with
多家保險公司、三個相關委員會、多個領隊和導遊工
several insurance companies, three of its relevant committees
會不停磋商，希望能為他們設立工作保險的保障。經
and several trade unions of tour escorts and tourist guides since
過約一年努力，終於在今年九月推出自僱領隊與導遊 October last year. After about one year of hard work, the TIC
的工作保險計劃。有關計劃明年一月生效，會員委派 was finally able to launch the work insurance schemes for self-
工作給自僱領隊和導遊時，必須確保他們得到工作保 employed tour escorts and tourist guides in September this
year. Under the schemes, which will take effect from January
險的保障，並且向他們提供保費津貼。
next year, members must ensure that self-employed tour escorts
and tourist guides are covered by work insurance and also offer
以上所述，都是議會今年內較為重要的事務。可是， premium subsidies to them when assigning work to them.
自從六月中示威活動爆發以來，議會又額外添加了更
The above were some of the more important tasks the TIC
為迫切而繁重的新工作：與不同單位磋商，為會員推
carried out this year. On top of them, however, there were more
出種種紓困措施。關於各項措施的詳情，議會已在網
urgent and heavy tasks the TIC had to undertake since protests
站及通告向會員詳細解釋，因此這裡就只簡述較為重 broke out in mid-June: negotiating with different parties in order
大的幾項好了。 to roll out a wide range of relief measures for members. Since
the details of such measures have already been explained in
detail on the TIC website and in circulars sent to members, I will
在直接推行的措施方面，議會已退回會費，發出公開
only briefly mention several essential ones here.
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