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Notes to the Financial Statements19 Profit before taxation (Cont’d)The GroupThe Company2004 2003 2004 2003Note $ $ $ $Directors’ fee- directors of the Company 206,400 210,000 191,400 170,000- directors of the subsidiary companies 8,900 6,257 - -Directors’ remuneration other than fee- directors of the Company 1,714,723 1,178,687 1,714,723 1,178,687- directors of a subsidiary company 89,997 87,327 - -Depreciation of property, plantand equipment 11 1,112,072 1,001,579 904,240 818,402Exchange loss 105,609 - 75,507 -Interest expense- bank loans 129,312 93,821 100,432 29,106- overdrafts 10,778 2,341 8,826 -- hire purchase 3,142 1,668 - -Loss on disposal of property, plantand equipment 28 - 28 -Operating lease rentals 204,863 204,863 204,863 204,863Property, plant and equipment written off - 3,562 - 3,562Provision for warranty claims 9 142,000 251,000 142,000 251,000Provision for employee leavecompensation 9 37,652 56,177 37,652 56,177and crediting:Gross dividend income fromequity investments 102,471 106,129 55,000 -Exchange gain - 185,053 - 115,196Profit on disposal of property, plantand equipment 16,689 3,408 - 3,408Profit on disposal of short-term quotedequity investments 450,884 347,097 - -Provision for diminution in value ofshort-term quoted equityinvestments no longer required 17 275,613 157,715 - -Provision for obsolete inventoryno longer required 14 482 58,833 482 58,833Reversal of deficit on revaluation inprevious year resulting from currentyear’s surplus 124,988 - - -inter-roller engineering limited annual report2004 63