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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.

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