[Ming Pao Daily News]The sales amount of Evergrande increased by four times

Evergrande Real Estate (3333) announced yesterday that the total sales amount of last year was about 30.3 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), which increased by four times than that of the previous year. According to the anticipation of Mr. Xia Haijun, president of the Company, it is hopeful that the sales amount of 2010 increases 30% to 40% compared with that of 2009, and the average sale price will be about 6,000-7,000 yuan per square meter.

As for the property tax to be levied by the government according to the rumor in the market, Mr. Xia Haijun said that it was not mature yet for the levy of the property tax within a short period of time as the domestic and overseas economic situation was not completely clear yet at the moment.