Zicom Group Limited provided earnings guidance for the half year ended 31 December 2017. For the period, The group announced, subject to audit adjustments, that it expects to incur a loss after tax of between SGD 3.3 million to SGD 3.8 million (2017: SGD 1.38 million). The loss is primarily due to continuing challenging circumstances facing the offshore marine sector as well as increase in investments on capability development to scale up commercialization in the technology investments. The group's construction sector is profitable. While the offshore marine sector is expected to remain slack in the medium term, commercialization for technology investments has commenced and the cluster as a whole is gaining traction.