** Shares of property manager Country Garden Services
Holdings 6098.HK drop as much as 9.2% to HK$14.56 - on track
for biggest daily pct decline since Dec 12, 2022, if current
losses hold
** Stock hits the lowest since Feb 28; biggest pct loser in
the Hang Seng Index .HSI , Hang Seng Composite Index on
properties and construction stocks .HSCIPC , Hang Seng Property
Index .HSNP and Hang Seng Composite Index .HSCI
** Residential property management service provider says it
expects its 2022 net profit attributable to the shareholders to
drop as much as 57% from the previous year as COVID-19 lockdown
hit business activities and pandemic prevention expenses rose
** The Hang Seng Property Index and the Hang Seng Composite
Index on properties and construction stocks both fall 0.9%
** The Hang Seng Mainland Properties Index .HSMPI drops
3.3%, while the Hang Seng Composite Index and the Hang Seng
Index both slip 0.4%
(Reporting by Donny Kwok)
((donny.kwok@thomsonreuters.com))