To help tenants cope with the economic impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the rental concessions of government premises from April to September this year will be increased from 50 per cent to 75 per cent. A spokesman for the Environment Bureau (ENB) said today (April 28) that eligible tenants of the EcoPark under the Environmental Protection Department, country park refreshment kiosks and the Hong Kong Wetland Park under the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department will benefit from this measure. They will receive additional rental concessions of some $3.6 million in total.
The spokesman said, "Together with the 50 per cent rental concessions provided by the Government from last October to March this year, eligible tenants of the EcoPark, country park refreshment kiosks and the Hong Kong Wetland Park will receive rental concessions totalling more than $17 million within 12 months."
In the face of the current economic challenges, the ENB offered a 50 per cent rental concession from last October to this March to eligible tenants of the EcoPark, country park refreshment kiosks and the Hong Kong Wetland Park. The concession period has been subsequently extended for another six months to September this year. Under the new round of anti-epidemic measures, the rental concessions from April to September this year will be increased from 50 per cent to 75 per cent. Meanwhile, tenants of the Hong Kong Wetland Park will receive a full rental waiver during the park closure period.
Twelve tenants of the EcoPark, operators of the eight country park refreshment kiosks, and cafeteria and souvenir shop operators in the Hong Kong Wetland Park, totalling more than 20 tenants, will benefit from the rental concession measures.
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