Beauty chain Sa Sa’s profit soars as mainlanders return to shop in Hong Kong
大陆人重返香港购物 美容连锁店莎莎利润飙升
Hong Kong beauty products retailer Sa Sa International saw its profit jump almost fourfold in the last financial year as the number of mainland Chinese tourists returning to shop in the city continued to rise.
随着回港购物的中国大陆游客数量持续增加，香港美容产品零售商莎莎国际上一财年的利润增长了近四倍。
The cosmetics chain reported a gain of 276 per cent in earnings to HK$218.9 million (US$28 million) for the end year ended March 31.
该化妆品连锁店报告称，截至 3 月 31 日的财年盈利增长 276%，达到 2.189 亿港元（2800 万美元）。
The return of mainland tourists helped drive Sa Sa’s turnover up by 25 per cent to HK$4.37 billion, with sales in Hong Kong and Macau increasing by 35 per cent to HK$3.21 billion, according to the company’s latest annual report.
根据莎莎公司最新的年度报告，由于来自中国大陆的游客回归，莎莎公司的营业额增加了25%，达到了43.7亿港元。在香港和澳门的销售额增长了35%，达到了32.1亿港元。
Hong Kong welcomed nearly 3.4 million tourists in May, up 20 percent year on year, according to the Tourism Board. Most of them – 2.63 million – came from the mainland, a 15 per cent increase from the same month a year ago.
根据旅游部门的数据，5月份香港接待了近340万游客，与去年同期相比增长了20%。其中，大多数游客——大约263万——来自中国内地，与去年同期相比增长了15%。
