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財務狀況 FINANCIAL RESULTS 財務狀況 FINANCIAL RESULTS 一九九八/一九九九年度財務狀況 FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 1998/1999 一九九八/一九九九年度的財務表現較 The 1998/1999 results outshone an already excellent 1997/ 一九九七/一九九八年度更佳。除稅前盈 1998. Pre-tax profit rose 28.4% to HK$182.3 million from 利由一九九七/一九九八年度的1.420億元 HK$142 million in 1997/1998. 躍升至1.823億元，升幅為28.4%。 Turnover totalled HK$357 million, a year-on-year increase 營業 總額達 3 .5 70 億元，增長為 of 12.7%. Supported by a buoyant and competitive mobile 12.7%。隨流動電話市場的蓬勃發展及 phone market, public radiocommunications service licence 激烈競爭，我們的主要收入 ─ 公共無線 fees - our core income - went up 20% to HK$242 million. By 電通訊服務牌費 ─ 增加20%至2.420億the end of March 1999, the number of cellular subscriptions 元。截至一九九九年三月三十一日，流 surged to 3.2 million (compared with 2.3 million in March 動電話用戶數目驟增至320萬人（去年同 1998): approximately half of the Hong Kong population carries 期為230萬人）。即本港約有一半市民擁 cellular phones. 有流動電話。 We continue to maintain stringent control over costs. 我們繼續嚴格控制成本。營運成本為 Operating cost of HK$220.5 million represented a modest 2.205億元，較上年度輕微增加了1,640萬increase of HK$16.4 million or 8.0% over the preceding year. 元，增幅為8.0%。這主要是由於薪金上 This was due to the 6.0% salary increase and a minimal 升了6%以及人手少量增加，以應付因消 a d d i t i o n o f m a n p o w e r t o c o p e w i t h g r o w i n g 費者的需求和科技的急速發展而帶動的電 telecommunications activities in which consumer 訊業務持續增長。 expectations and technology evolve rapidly. 銀行存款利息從一九九七/一九九八年 Interest income on bank deposits shot up 57.6% to HK$45.7 度的2,900萬元激增至4,570萬元，增幅達million from HK$29 million in 1997/1998. The excellent r