Affluent Partners Holdings Limited provided preliminary unaudited consolidated group earnings guidance for the six months ended September 30, 2021. For the period, the group expects to record a significant decrease in loss attributable to equity holders of the company by less than 65% as compared with the loss of approximately HKD 43.6 million attributable to equity holders of the company for the six months ended September 30, 2020. The significant decrease in loss was mainly attributable to the following factors for the six months ended September 30, 2021: the increase in gross profit due to the increase in sales of pearls and jewellery products; and the substantial decrease in administrative expenses.