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- Ying Kee Tea House Group Limited Ying Kee Tea House Group Limited (8241.HK) is an investment holding company principally engaged in the retail trading of Chinese tea products to individual and corporate customers in Hong Kong. The company offers a variety of premium Chinese tea leaves categorized into pu-erh, oolong, fragrant, green, white, old Luk On, black, and miscellaneous teas; tea wares including teapots, tea trays, tea cups, and tea tins; and tea gift sets, with products selected from finest sources, blended using exclusive formulas, and processed under strict control by experienced tea masters. It also provides ancillary services such as tea appreciation courses, shop space for media video taking, and wrapping services for tea products, selling through 10 retail shops and concession counters, online platforms including its website, business partner channels, exhibitions, and direct sales to commercial clients; in addition, the company holds trademarks and properties. Founded in 1881 in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty's Guangxu era and headquartered at 8/F, Wah Shing Centre, 5 Fung Yip Street, Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong, it operates exclusively in Hong Kong as a subsidiary of Profit Ocean Enterprises Limited, a British Virgin Islands entity, with approximately 49-50 employees. In recent years, the company has faced revenue declines to HK$30.3 million for the year ended March 31, 2025 (down 10.8% from HK$33.9 million prior year) amid shifting consumer spending toward the Greater Bay Area, prompting retail store closures, intensified cost controls including rent negotiations and salary management, increased impairment provisions on property, plant, and equipment totaling HK$8.9 million and right-of-use assets at HK$3.1 million, lease modifications to revise rentals and extend terms adding HK$4.2 million in right-of-use assets, promissory note extensions to March 2026 with Chan Sing Hoi Enterprises Limited backed by related-party financial support commitments from Golden Ocean International Holdings Limited, and ongoing product development investments to align with evolving customer preferences while reporting net losses widening to HK$16.9 million.