** Shares of office property firm SOHO China 0410.HK pare
gains, dropping to one-year lows, after it reports a sharp fall
in half-year profit
** Shares down 5 pct by 0504 GMT vs up more than 2 pct in
the morning session
** The office developer reports H1 net profit drops 72.5
pct, due to far lower valuation gains on investment properties
than a year earlier urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1V70PM
** Co says Tong Ching Mau resigns as CFO
** Hang Seng Index .HSI up 0.5 pct
((Reuters Messaging: clare.jim.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))