The board of directors of Deson Construction International Holdings Limited informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that, 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 three months ended 30 June 2018 as compared to a net profit of approximately HKD 30 million for the three months ended 30 June 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 2,476,000 (three months ended 30 June 2017: profit of HKD 29,199,000); and (ii) the loss generated from the Group's construction segment for the three months ended 30 June 2018 as compared with the profit generated from that of the three months ended 30 June 2017.