Plastic industry market in China and Hong Kong

audio product, container, food container, plastic, plastic products, printed circuit boards, punch, software, trading,

interim results the board of directors cosmos machinery enterprises limited company announces that unaudited consolidated and its subsidiaries group for six months ended 30th june 2003 with comparative figures corresponding period in 2002 are as follows condensed income statement restated notes hk 000 turnover 2 626 074 585 937 cost sales 488 363 445 861 gross profit 137 711 140 076 other revenue 11 593 17 346 distribution costs 43 318 41 584 administrative expenses 82 068 84 290 operating 1 527 936 from operations 3 22 391 30 612 finance 9 154 483 investment 524 537 gain loss on disposal 184 316 release negative goodwill an associate 103 share associates 6 122 223 before taxation 170 26 573 4 619 176 minority interests 551 397 10 125 033 net 7 426 364 earnings per basic 5 16