GREAT CHINA<0141> - Results Announcement

Great China Holdings Limited announced on 17/12/1999:
(stock code: 141)
Year end date: 31/12/1999
Currency: HKD                                               
                                                            (Audited)
                                           (Unaudited)      Last
                                           Current          Corresponding
                                           Period           Period
                                           from 1/10/1998   from 1/10/1997
                                           to 30/9/1999     to 30/9/1998
                                           ('000)           ('000)
Turnover
    - Continuing                         : 889,754          542,773
    - Discontinued                       : N/A              N/A
Operating Profit/(Loss)
    - Continuing                         : (9,138)          3,258
    - Discontinued                       : N/A              N/A
Total Operating Profit/(Loss)            : (9,138)          3,258
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Associated Companies                   : 1,410            675
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Jointly Controlled Entities            : N/A              N/A
Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI             : (8,728)          8,640
% Change over Last Period                : N/A
EPS/(LPS)-Basic                          : (3.34 cents)     3.30 cents
         -Diluted                        : N/A              N/A
Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss)          : N/A              N/A
Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items            : (8,728)          8,640
Second Interim Dividend per Share        : NIL              NIL(Final Div)
(Specify if with other options)          : N/A              N/A
B/C Dates for Second Interim Dividend    : N/A
Payable Date                             : N/A
B/C Dates for (-) General Meeting        : N/A
Other Distribution for Current Period    : N/A
B/C Dates for Other Distribution         : N/A

Remarks:

1)  No diluted (loss)/earnings per share is shown for the current period 
and prior period.  The Share options have no dilutive effect on the basic 
(loss)/earnings per share as the exercise price of the Company's 
outstanding share options was higher than the average market price of the 
Company's share.

2)  The Directors of the Company had announced the Company's current 
financial year end will be changed from 30th September 1999 to 31st 
December 1999 to cover a period of fifteen months from 1st October 1998.  
In the future, the financial year will begin from 1st January and end on 
31st December each year.  As a result, a first and a second interim report 
for the six months ending 31st March 1999 and for the twelve months ending 
30th September 1999 were published accordingly and an audited report for 
the fifteen months ending 31st December 1999 will be prepared and 
published in due course.

3)                                      Twelve months ended 30th September
                                        Unaudited 1999  Audited 1998
                                        HK$'000         HK$'000
Loss on disposal of a motor vessel      (6,276)         0
Net insurance compensation of a 
motor vessel                            3,743           0
Compensation for early termination
of lease agreement                      (1,232)         0
Gain on disposal of 5% equity 
interest in a subsidiary company        12,778          0
Bad debt written off                    (7,740)         (4,000)
Compensation received                   0               751
                                        ---------       --------
                                        1,273           (3,249)
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For more details, please refer to the press announcement today.