Upbest Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries, has reported that based on a preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group for the six months ended 30th September 2016, it is expected that the Group will record a substantial decrease in profit for the six months ended 30th September 2016 as compared with the net profit of approximately HKD 494.9 million for the corresponding period last year. Such decrease is mainly attributed to there exists no similar capital asset realization in 2016, which happened in 2015 being the gain on disposal of subsidiaries and gain on disposal of an associate amounted to HKD 464.1 million during the corresponding period in 2015. Excluding the capital asset realization gain in 2015, there reflects an improvement in operation profit in 2016 over that in the corresponding period in 2015.