Strong Petrochemical Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the year ended December 31, 2014. For the year, the company expected that the unaudited results of the group for the year ended 31 December 2014 may experience a significant loss as compared to the profit recorded for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2013, primarily attributable to loss incurred in entering the crude oil and oil product related derivative products for hedging purpose, due to rapid and significant drop in oil prices in the second half of 2014, the provision of impairment in its listed investment, and the one-off accounting expense relating to share options issuance in September 2014.