Personal Data Protection
TID is committed to ensuring that all personal data provided by an applicant enterprise in connection with an application will be handled in accordance with relevant provisions of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486) (PDPO). In providing supporting documents to TID, an applicant enterprise may have certain information on documents that is irrelevant to the application redacted. Personal data provided in an application and its supporting documents will be used by TID or its authorised agents solely and exclusively for:- The processing and authentication of applications, payment of funding support, and any refund and related administrative measures required thereof.
- Statistical analysis relating to the operation and review of EMF.
Personal data provided in an application will be kept in confidence. However, such data may be disclosed to other departments of the HKSAR Government, or to third parties in Hong Kong or elsewhere, if such disclosure is authorised or required by law.
If necessary, TID will contact other departments of the HKSAR Government and other relevant parties or organisations (such as the organisers/co-organisers/operators/service providers of the promotion activities/platforms, trustees of MPFs, and proprietors/partners/shareholders/employees of the applicant enterprise) to verify the truth of personal data provided in an application.
An applicant enterprise may request access to the personal data in relation to its applications kept by TID in accordance with the PDPO. TID will charge an administration fee to recover the cost of providing the material. Request for access to personal data should be made using the “Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance Data Access Request Form” (No. OPS003) issued by the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. The form is available at the Integrated Customer Service Centre1 of TID or can be downloaded from TID’s webpage. Completed forms should be returned to TID’s “SME Export Marketing Fund Branch”. Should the data supplied to TID is found inaccurate, a written request can be made to TID for correction.
Double Funding
If an applicant enterprise has received or will receive other Government funding support for any expenditure item(s) of its promotion activity, it should not apply for a funding support from EMF for the same funded expenditure item(s) under the same activity. TID reserves the absolute right to determine whether an application under EMF is in conflict with the above conditions.Compliance and Declaration
It is the responsibility of an applicant enterprise to complete an Application Form timely and truthfully and to provide all supporting documents. Inaccurate and incomplete information may affect the processing of the application by TID. Any misrepresentation or omission of information, and/or failure to submit sufficient evidence of participation in an activity may lead to rejection of the application and/or full recovery by TID of any funding support which has been awarded. It is an offence in law to obtain property/pecuniary advantage by deception or assisting persons to obtain property/pecuniary advantage. Any person who does so may be liable to legal proceedings. In addition, TID may also take administrative measures as deemed appropriate on party(ies) to an application for any malpractice unearthed in the application process. Such administrative measures may involve, but shall not necessarily be confined to, any or all of the following: suspension of application processing, suspension of the issuance of cheques for other approved funding of the applicant enterprise and its connected enterprises.
Prevention of Bribery
The applicant enterprise shall observe the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap. 201) (POBO) and shall procure that its directors, employees, agents, consultants, contractors and other personnel who are in any way involved in the promotion activity shall not offer to or solicit or accept from any person any money, gifts or advantages (as defined in the POBO) in relation to the activity.The offer of an advantage to any person of TID with a view to influencing the approval of an application is an offence under the POBO. Any such offer by the directors, employees, agents, consultants, contractors and other personnel who are in any way involved in the activity of the applicant enterprise will render the application null and void. TID may also cancel the application approved and hold the applicant enterprise liable for any loss or damage, which the Government may sustain.
Compliance with Hong Kong Laws
The applicant enterprise shall at all times comply with all applicable laws (including the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), regulations and by-laws of Hong Kong.Right of Final Decision
TID reserves at all times the absolute right to determine whether an enterprise has met the eligibility criteria, whether an activity/application has met the funding conditions, whether an activity is contrary to the interest of national security, whether a particular expenditure item is eligible for funding and aligned with prevailing reasonable market price, and whether an application has met the various conditions, requirements and criteria for funding support set out in this Guide to Application.Latest Arrangements
The SME Export Marketing Fund will be consolidated into the Dedicated Fund on Branding, Upgrading and Domestic Sales (BUD Fund) upon the expiry of the special measures on 30 June 2026. Enterprises can visit the webpages for relevant information.Notes:
1. TID’s Integrated Customer Service Centre is on 13/F, Trade and Industry Tower, 3 Concorde Road, Kowloon City, Hong Kong