5-YEAR FINANCIAL SUMMARY

Year ended 31 December
	2023 HK$’000	2022 HK$’000	2021 HK$’000	2020 HK$’000	2019 HK$’000
Gross cash and short term placements, and placements with banks and financial institutions maturing after one month but not more than twelve months	4,696,286	5,233,354	6,611,383	7,996,584	5,977,549
Gross loans and advances and trade bills	24,165,625	24,789,582	26,166,163	26,175,702	28,754,802
Gross held-to-collect debt securities at amortised cost	7,640,298	7,438,241	6,479,715	6,735,937	6,079,370
Goodwill	2,774,403	2,774,403	2,774,403	2,774,403	2,774,403
Other assets	1,678,080	1,682,351	1,496,488	1,755,697	1,636,716
Total assets	40,954,692	41,917,931	43,528,152	45,438,323	45,222,840
Deposits and balances of banks and other financial institutions at amortised cost	467,547	497,157	465,638	421,138	787,235
Customer deposits at amortised cost	29,536,440	30,446,412	32,175,337	34,192,747	33,917,425
Dividends payable	–	120,771	164,687	131,750	164,688
Unsecured bank loans at amortised cost	1,611,754	1,552,087	1,579,636	1,575,018	1,542,693
Other liabilities	660,527	656,924	573,546	852,529	833,413
Total liabilities	32,276,268	33,273,351	34,958,844	37,173,182	37,245,454
Equity	8,678,424	8,644,580	8,569,308	8,265,141	7,977,386
Profit for the year	14,381	328,697	496,461	396,997	466,340
Basic earnings per share (HK$)	0.013	0.299	0.452	0.362	0.425
Diluted earnings per share (HK$)	0.013	0.299	0.452	0.362	0.425