Hon corporation limited provided unaudited consolidated earnings guidance for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. For the nine months, the company expected to record a substantial loss attributable to equity holders of the company for the reporting period as compared with profit attributable to equity holders of the company for the nine months ended 30 September 2018. the reasons for the substantial loss and decrease in revenue and gross profit for the reporting period were mainly attributable to: (i) a substantial decrease in revenue from two major building and infrastructure projects as most of the construction works were completed in 2018; (ii) delays in the construction progress on some of the projects; and (iii) a decline in gross profit margin as additional costs are required on certain projects undertaken during the reporting period due to unexpected complexity of works.