Fall in asset disposal gains drives down Dalian profit
A FALL in asset disposal gains and a slowdown in international trade led Dalian port, the largest port operator in China’s Liaoning province, to post a 21.9% fall in net profit to Yuan609m ($89.6m) last year. However, revenue rose 5.8% to Yuan1.7bn in 2009, up from Yuan1.6bn a year earlier, writes Hui Ching-hoo in Hong Kong .