Kato (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited provided consolidated earnings guidance for the six months ended September 30, 2023. The board of company announced that, based on a preliminary review of the unaudited consolidated management accounts of the Group for the six months ended 30 September 2023, the Group is expected to record a profit attributable to the owners of the Company of not more than HKD 22.0 million as compared to the profit attributable to the owners of the Company of approximately HKD 57.1 million for the six months ended 30 September 2022. The expected decrease in profit for the Period was primarily attributable to (i) decrease in revenue from the provision of care support services to persons under quarantine; and (ii) the receipt of wage subsidies from the government of Hong Kong SAR under the anti-epidemic fund scheme of approximately HKD 4.0 million in the Corresponding Period, while no such income were incurred in the Period.