South China Financial Holdings Limited provided preliminary consolidated earnings guidance for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012. For the period, based on the preliminary review of the management accounts of the company and its subsidiaries the board of directors of the company expects to record a larger loss for the six months ended 30 June 2012 than the loss for the corresponding period ended 30 June 2011, mainly due to the reduced brokerage business volume resulting from the shrinkage of the securities market turnover and higher operating costs in the expansion phase of the Group's overall business development.