[ET Net News Agency, 22 August 2018] K. Wah International (00173) said its profit
attributable to equity holders for the six months ended 30 June 2018 dropped 73.3%
year-on-year to HK$578 million.
Basic and diluted earnings per share were HK18.88 cents and HK18.83 cents.
Revenue amounted to HK$623 million, a decrease of 87.3% from a year earlier.
Attributable contracted sales of the group amounted to HK$8.5 billion for the six months
ended 30 June 2018 .
Underlying profit of the group (before fair value gain of investment properties) was
HK$32 million.
The board has declared an interim scrip dividend (with a cash option) of HK6 cents
(2017: HK5 cents) per share, payable on 22 October. (SC)