Chinlink International Holdings Limited provided unaudited consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 September 2023. The Group expects to record a lesser consolidated loss of not less than HKD 105.0 million for the Period, as compared to the consolidated loss of approximately HKD 170.7 million for the six months ended 30 September 2022. For the Period, the Group expects a drop in both overall revenue and gross profit, mainly due to a decrease in gross profit from financial guarantee services and other financing services business segments as the businesses were severely disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic and a significant loss on fair value change of investment properties due to the unfavourable real estate market in Xi'an City and Hanzhong City of Shaanxi Province, the People's Republic of China.

Such impact was fully compensated by (i) the decrease in administrative expenses and finance costs and (ii) a one-off loss of HKD 95.4 million arising from disposal of a subsidiary which engaged in property investment business being recognized in the Previous Period.