

Financial Performance - The company generated an operating profit of HK$1.75 billion, a 10.6% year-over-year increase[4, 51] - Value-added Services (VAS) revenue increased by 2.1% year-over-year to HK$3.73 billion[50] - The company's full-year dividend per share remained stable at HK$ 0.50[4, 90] - Revenue decreased by 2.6% year-over-year to HK$79.258 billion[90] - Profit for the year increased by 8.7% year-over-year to HK$4.190 billion[90] - Free cash flow reached HK$4.66 billion, an 8.7% increase compared to the previous year[93] Natural Gas Business - Natural gas sales volume decreased by 4.2% year-over-year[8] - Residential natural gas sales volume increased by 3.7% year-over-year[8] - The average dollar margin for city & township projects increased from RMB 0.501/m³ to RMB 0.537/m³[15] LPG Business - LPG sales volume decreased by 3.2% year-over-year to 3.868 million tons[30] - LPG revenue increased by 8.9% year-over-year to HK$19.5755 billion[30, 90] Connections - New residential connections decreased by 15.5% year-over-year to 1,400,521 users[22] - New commercial connections increased by 46.1% year-over-year to 44,206 users[22]