Asiasec Properties Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2017. The board of directors of the company based on a preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group for the year ended 31st December, 2017, the Group is expected to record a substantial increase in the consolidated net profit for the year ended 31st December, 2017 as compared with that for the year ended 31st December, 2016. The substantial increase in the consolidated net profit was due to a share of profit of associates of approximately HKD 99 million for the year ended 31st December, 2017 as compared with a share of loss of associates of approximately HKD 31 million for the year ended 31st December, 2016.