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PEARLRIVER TYRE<01187> - Results Announcement

Pearl River Tyre (Holdings) Limited announced on 25/09/2006:
(stock code: 01187 )
Year end date: 31/12/2006
Currency: HKD
Auditors' Report: N/A
Interim report reviewed by: Audit Committee
                                                        (Restated)
                                                        (Unaudited )
                                     (Unaudited )       Last
                                     Current            Corresponding
                                     Period             Period
                                     from 01/01/2006    from 01/01/2005
                                     to 30/06/2006      to 30/06/2005
                               Note  ('000      )       ('000      )
Turnover                           : 302,725            249,124           
Profit/(Loss) from Operations      : 4,809              5,452             
Finance cost                       : (2,918)            (3,367)           
Share of Profit/(Loss) of 
  Associates                       : N/A                N/A               
Share of Profit/(Loss) of
  Jointly Controlled Entities      : N/A                N/A               
Profit/(Loss) after Tax & MI       : 1,891              2,085             
% Change over Last Period          : -9.3      %
EPS/(LPS)-Basic (in dollars)       : 0.018              0.020             
         -Diluted (in dollars)     : N/A                N/A               
Extraordinary (ETD) Gain/(Loss)    : N/A                N/A               
Profit/(Loss) after ETD Items      : 1,891              2,085             
Interim Dividend                   : NIL                NIL
  per Share                                              
(Specify if with other             : N/A                N/A
  options)                                               
                                                         
B/C Dates for 
  Interim 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:

(a)     The above results are the unaudited consolidated results of Pearl 
River Tyre (Holdings) Limited (the "Company") and its subsidiaries (the "
Group") for the six month period ended 30 June 2006 (the "current period") 
together with the comparative figures for the corresponding period ended 
30 June 2005 (the "corresponding period").

(b)     Previously, the result of Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre 
Limited (the "Joint Venture") had been accounted for in the consolidated 
financial statements using the equity method. In the financial year ended 
31 December 2005, the Group changed the accounting policy from the equity 
method to the proportionate consolidation method, in accordance with the 
HKFRS. The proportionate consolidation method is used as the Directors are 
of the opinion that it provides a better reflection of the economic 
substance the Group. Accordingly, the corresponding period income 
statements have been restated. 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 proportionate consolidation method. The Group's interest 
in the Joint Venture is 70% (30.6.2005 - 70%).

(c)     The Group's share of the Joint Venture's revenue and expenses are 
as follows : -
                                         Six Month Period Ended
                                        30.6.2006         30.6.2005
                                        HK$'000           HK$'000
Revenues and other income                301,856         249,693
Cost and expenses                       (296,651)       (242,477)
                                        _________       __________              
Profit from continuing operations        5,205            7,216
Finance costs                            (2,917)         (2,646)
                                        __________      _________
Profit from continuing operations                               
before tax                               2,288             4,570
Taxation                                   -                 -
                                        _________       _________
Net profit from continuing operations    2,288             4,570
                                        =========       ==========      
        
(d)     The calculation of the basic earnings per share is based on the 
consolidated profit after taxation of HK$1,891,000 (30.6.2005 - net profit 
of HK$2,085,000) for the current period and on 105,116,280 (30.6.2005 - 
105,116,280) ordinary shares of A$0.20 each in issue during the current 
period.

There is no dilutive effect on the basic earnings per share for the 
current period and the corresponding period.