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PEARLRIVER TYRE<01187> - Results Announcement

Pearl River Tyre (Holdings) Limited announced on 15/04/2005:
(stock code: 01187 )
Year end date: 31/12/2004
Currency: HKD
Auditors' Report: Unqualified

                                                        (Audited   )
                                     (Audited   )       Last
                                     Current            Corresponding
                                     Period             Period
                                     from 01/01/2004    from 01/01/2003
                                     to 31/12/2004      to 31/12/2003
                               Note  ('000      )       ('000      )
Turnover                           : 141                1,264             
Profit/(Loss) from Operations      : (7,377)            (11,397)          
Finance cost                       : N/A                N/A               
Share of Profit/(Loss) of 
  Associates                       : 540                (15,136)          
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Jointly Controlled Entities      : N/A                N/A               
Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI       : (7,297)            (29,610)          
% Change over Last Period          : N/A       %
EPS/(LPS)-Basic (in dollars)       : (0.069)            (0.282)           
         -Diluted (in dollars)     : N/A                N/A               
Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss)    : N/A                N/A               
Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items      : (7,297)            (29,610)          
Final Dividend                     : Nil                Nil
  per Share                                              
(Specify if with other             : N/A                N/A
  options)                                               
                                                         
B/C Dates for 
  Final Dividend                   : N/A   
Payable Date                       : N/A
B/C Dates for (-)            
  General Meeting                  : N/A   
Other Distribution for             : N/A
  Current Period                     
                                     
B/C Dates for Other 
  Distribution                     : N/A   
  
Remarks:

(1)     The above results are the audited consolidated results of Pearl 
River Tyre (Holdings) Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "
Group") for the financial year ended 31 December 2004 (the "financial 
year") together with the comparative figures for the financial year ended 
31 December 2003 (the "previous financial year").


(2)     The results of Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Limited (the "
Joint Venture") have been included under the heading "Share of Profit/(
Loss) of Associates". The Joint Venture, a Sino-foreign joint venture 
established in The People's Republic of China (the "PRC") is 70% owned by 
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company and 30% owned by a state-owned 
enterprise established in Guangzhou, the PRC. The investment in the Joint 
Venture is accounted for in the financial statements of the Group using 
the equity method. The Group's interest in the Joint Venture is 70% (2003 
- 70%).

The share of profit/(loss) of the Joint Venture and associate is stated 
before taking into account the Group's share of income tax of the Joint 
Venture and associate.


(3)     For better understanding of the Group's results, the results of 
the Joint Venture for the financial year together with the comparative 
figures for the previous financial year are set out below:-

                                                2004    2003
                                                HK$'000 HK$'000

        Turnover                                615,151 545,894
                                                ======= ========

        Profit/(Loss) from operations           1,768   (21,515)
        Finance cost                            (7,997) (8,215)
                                                ------- ----------
        Loss before taxation                    (6,229) (29,730)
        Taxation                                -        (3,910)
                                                -------- -------

        Loss after taxation                     (6,229) (33,640)
                                                ======== ========



(4)     The calculation of the basic loss per share is based on the 
consolidated loss after taxation of HK$7,297,000 (2003 - HK$29,610,000) 
for the financial year and on 105,116,280 (2003 - 105,116,280) ordinary 
shares of A$0.20 each in issue during the financial year.

There is no dilutive effect on the basic loss per share for the financial 
year and the previous financial year.