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Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Bhd - Announcements

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Notes T O T HE A CCOUNTS for the year ended 31 December 1999<br />

4. OPERATING PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE TAXATION (CONT’D.)<br />

The Group The Company<br />

1999 1998 1999 1998<br />

RM RM RM RM<br />

Operating profit/(loss) before taxation<br />

is stated after charging:-<br />

Interest expense<br />

– Revolving underwriting facility 7,308,054 5,417,700 7,308,054 5,417,700<br />

– Term loans 424,661 1,118,022 101,151 180,634<br />

– Hire purchase 653,429 687,756 157,840 154,347<br />

– Overdraft 1,257,595 1,148,327 362,972 456,641<br />

– Others 1,757,595 4,272,321 1,388,225 3,621,612<br />

Auditors’ remuneration 181,620 163,375 50,000 50,000<br />

Retirement benefits 3,568,152 3,642,871 2,554,803 3,099,005<br />

Provision for doubtful debts 2,659,557 9,507,780 1,526,333 4,983,823<br />

Provision for diminution in value of investments 45,660 — 45,660 —<br />

Provision for diminution in value of investment<br />

in subsidiary companies — — 260,000 —<br />

Provision for amount owing by subsidiary companies — — 2,886,969 728,501<br />

Goodwill on consolidation written off 623,433 — — —<br />

Loss on sale of fixed assets 29,374 66,938 — —<br />

and crediting:-<br />

Dividends received (gross) from quoted investments 6,670 5,173 1,770 2,041<br />

Dividends received (gross) from associated companies — — 1,327,200 370,800<br />

Dividends received (gross) from<br />

subsidiary companies (unquoted) — — — 159,600<br />

Gain on disposal of fixed assets 426,921 31,000 360,921 31,000<br />

Interest income from fixed deposits 447,959 1,425,945 13,931 121,300<br />

Interest income from subsidiary companies — — 1,854,131 1,543,733<br />

Rental of premises 1,397,856 1,043,738 993,458 753,088<br />

Directors’ money value of benefits-in-kind 237,374 204,000 228,374 96,000<br />

<strong>Utusan</strong> <strong>Melayu</strong> (<strong>Malaysia</strong>) Berhad<br />

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