Events 2005 - ChartNexus
Events 2005 - ChartNexus
Events 2005 - ChartNexus
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Notes to the Financial Statements 31 December <strong>2005</strong><br />
2. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES (Continued)<br />
Liquidity and cash flow risk<br />
The group is actively managing its operating cash flow to ensure all commitments and funding needs are met. Prudent liquidity<br />
risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities, the availability of funding through an adequate<br />
amount of committed credit facilities and the ability to close out market positions. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying<br />
businesses, the Group aims at maintaining flexibility in funding by keeping committed credit lines available.<br />
3. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES<br />
The principal activities of the Company are the publication, printing and distribution of newspapers and magazines. The principal<br />
activities of the subsidiary companies are set out in Note 8 to the financial statements.<br />
There have been no significant changes in the nature of these activities during the financial year.<br />
4. BASIS OF PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
The financial statements of the Group and of the Company have been prepared in accordance with applicable approved accounting<br />
standards in Malaysia and the provisions of the Companies Act, 1965.<br />
5. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />
5.1 Basis of accounting<br />
The financial statements of the Group and of the Company have been prepared under the historical cost convention (as<br />
modified by the revaluation of certain leasehold land and buildings) unless otherwise indicated in the significant<br />
accounting policies.<br />
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with applicable approved accounting standards in Malaysia and the<br />
provisions of the Companies Act, 1965 requires the Directors to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported<br />
amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements<br />
and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those<br />
estimates.<br />
5.2 Basis of consolidation<br />
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the audited financial statements of the Company and all its subsidiary<br />
companies made up to the balance sheet date using the acquisition method of accounting. The results of subsidiary<br />
companies acquired or disposed of during the financial year are included in the consolidated financial statements from the<br />
date of acquisition or up to the date of disposal.<br />
All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated and the consolidated financial statements relate to external<br />
transactions only.