Multifield International Holdings Limited informed the shareholders of the company and potential investors that based on the information currently available to the Board, the Group is expected to record a substantial increase in profit approximately 30% to 50% for the six months ended 30 June 2017 as compared with that of the corresponding period in 2016. Such increase is mainly due to the profit brought by the fair value gains in equity investments (stocks) held by the Group. Based on a review of the company's preliminary assessment of its unaudited consolidated management accounts for the six months ended 30 June 2017, equity investments (stocks) held by the Group record a fair value gain of approximately HKD 190 million for the said six month period as compared with a fair value loss of approximately HKD 195 million for the corresponding period in 2016. However, the deferred tax credit of approximately HKD 253 million from an investment property of the Group in Mainland China, which was credited to the profit or loss account for the six months ended 30 June 2016, was no longer available for the six months ended 30 June 2017.