Tianjin Jinran Public Utilities Company Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended 30 June 2019. The Group expects to record a substantial decrease in the profit for the six months ended 30 June 2019 as compared to that for the six months ended 30 June 2018, which is mainly due to the following reasons: a decrease in the gas connection income since the property market in the Company's governing areas was relatively sluggish for the first half of 2019, where there were fewer newly completed property projects, resulting in a decrease in demand of piped gas connection service from the Group; and an increase in the natural gas safety production expenses compared with the same period last year as this year the Group decided to: (i) strengthen the maintenance of the safety facilities; and (ii) commence the maintenance work in the first quarter of 2019 while such work mostly commenced in the third and fourth quarters of 2018.