China Strategic Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended 31 December 2018. The company expects to record a significant increase in profit attributable to owners of the company for the year ended 31 December 2018 as compared to the profit of approximately HKD 126.2 million for the year ended 31 December 2017. Such expected significant increase in profit is mainly due to the increase in the net gain on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss recorded for the year ended 31 December 2018 in the region of approximately HKD 619 million (which comprised of net unrealised gain and net realised gain in the region of approximately HKD 596 million and HKD 23 million respectively) as compared with the net gain on financial assets at FVTPL recorded by the Group for the year ended 31 December 2017 of approximately HKD 65.3 million (which comprised of net unrealised gain and net realised loss of approximately HKD 170.3 million and HKD 105 million respectively), coupled with the expected increase in profit contributed by the Group's money lending business when compared to its results for the prior year. The increase in net gain on financial assets at FVTPL is mainly due to the net increase in fair value of the Group's listed equity securities portfolio and the net realised gain on disposal of listed equity securities during the year ended 31 December 2018, whereas the expected increase in profit earned by the Group's money lending business is mainly due to the higher average amount of loans advanced to customers during the year.