The Board of Oriental Explorer Holdings Limited informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that based on a preliminary review of the unaudited management accounts of the Group and other information currently available, the Group expects to record a significant increase in consolidated profit before tax for the year ended 31 December 2017 as compared to the audited consolidated profit before tax recorded for the year ended 31 December 2016. This was primarily attributable to the gain of approximately HKD 188 million from the fair value gains and dividends income on the Group's equity investments for the year ended 31 December 2017 (which consists of approximately HKD 162 million from the fair value gain and approximately HKD 26 million from dividends income), as compared to that of the gain of approximately HKD 30 million for the year ended 31 December 2016 (which consists of approximately HKD 8 million from the fair value gain and approximately HKD 22 million from dividends income).