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Haw Par has recommended a first and interim dividend of 15 cents for the period, to be paid in September. The same amount was paid out in 1H2019.

The board has declared an interim dividend of 3.74 HK cents (0.67 Singapore cents) for 1H20, the same as last year.

A-Sonic Aerospace posted earnings of US$4.8 million ($6.7 million) for 1H20 ended June, 499% higher than the US$808,000 posted a year ago.

The company’s property business suffered during this Covid-19 period too.

This translates to an annualised distribution yield of 2.19%, 3.7 percentage points lower than its IPO forecast of 5.86%.

Net profit for 2Q20 fell 40% y-o-y to $730 million, although the figure represented a 5% increase from its 1Q20 earnings.

The bulk of its sales was contributed by the Chinese cities of Nanjing, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Nantong, and Hangzhou.

Singapore Medical Group (SMG) posted 49.5% lower earnings of $3.5 million for 1H20 ended June, from the $6.8 million registered a year ago due to the “challenging market conditions”, and lower number of medical tourists.

United Overseas Bank (UOB) has reported earnings of $703 million for 2Q20 ended June, down 40% y-o-y, as it set aside some $379 million of allowance for non-impaired assets amid weaker macroeconomic conditions.

CSE’s board has proposed an interim dividend of 1.25 cents for the half-year period, the same as last year. The interim dividend will be paid on September 15.