智通财经APP获悉，10月15日，香港商务及经济发展局局长丘应桦答复议员提问时表示，多年 来，"BUD专项基金"一直积极支援中小企业，期间亦推出了多轮优化措施。作为支援中小企业的一项重 要政策，政府于今明两个财政年度会向"BUD专项基金"注资共超过30亿港元，并确保资助计划的财政可 持续性，令更多企业能获得支援及让受惠面保持广泛。 丘应桦提到，"发展品牌、升级转型及拓展内销市场的专项基金"("BUD专项基金")是政府支援中小企业 的其中一项措施，目的是支持本地企业升级转型及拓展多港元化市场。由2012年成立至2025年九 月，"BUD专项基金"共批出近12000宗申请，涉及总资助额约75亿港元，惠及约7800家企业。政府自 2018年起多次优化"BUD专项基金"，包括注资共77亿港元、扩阔资助地域范围、分阶段提高每家企业的 累计资助上限由50万港元至700万港元，以及推出"申请易"和"电商易"等。 "申请易"于2023年六月推出，旨在加快审批涉及特定措施而资助金额为10万港元或以下的申请，其申请 表格、所须递交的证明文件要求及审批安排均已简化，而申请处理时间亦较"BUD专项基金"一般申请的 服务承诺大幅减少一 ...

Group 1 - The overall economy of Hong Kong is in a transformation period, with authorities assisting enterprises, especially those from the mainland, to find new opportunities and integrate into the Greater Bay Area development [1] - The government plans to inject HKD 1.43 billion into the BUD Special Fund to assist local SMEs in upgrading and transforming, encouraging them to develop through e-commerce platforms [1] - The Productivity Council's SME support group will provide advice to enterprises, while the Labour and Welfare Bureau will attract talent to Hong Kong through talent programs to assist SMEs in their operations [1] Group 2 - The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Edward Yau, indicated that the lowering of the investment threshold for new capital investors in residential property does not imply that Hong Kong's previous thresholds were higher than those in other regions, emphasizing that each region has its own suitability [1]