Deson Construction International Holdings Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the nine months ended December 31, 2018. Based on preliminary assessment of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group, it is expected that the Group will incur a net loss for the nine months ended 31 December 2018 as compared to a net profit of approximately HKD 11 million for the nine months ended 31 December 2017. Based on the information currently available to the Board, the expected loss was mainly due to (i) the realised loss and loss of fair value change from the Group's investments in marketable securities amounted to approximately HKD 4,260,000 (nine months ended 31 December 2017: profit of HKD 32,700,000); and (ii) the loss generated from the Group's construction segment for the nine months ended 31 December 2018 as compared with the profit generated from that of the nine months ended 31 December 2017.