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Financials |
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Revenues
for period |
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$13,779.4m |
Net
profit att. to shareholders |
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$636.7m |
Earnings
per stock unit |
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$1.95 |
1st Quarter 2008
(Un-audited) |
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Statement
of Group Cash Flows
31 December 1998
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1998 |
1997 |
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$'000
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$'000
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| SOURCES/(USES)
OF CASH: |
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Operating Activities
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Net profit
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505,790
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446,464
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Items not affecting cash:
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Depreciation
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172,477
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136,548
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Deferred expenditure written off
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-
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38
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Deferred income/(liabilities)
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3,690
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849
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Gain on disposal of fixed assets
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( 3,134)
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( 1,954)
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Gain on disposal of investments
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( 2,000)
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( 14,935)
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Investment written off
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1,798
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-
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Minority interest in results of the year
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44,923
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34,324
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Exchange gains on foreign cash balances
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( 1,329)
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( 1,093)
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Unremitted equity income in associated
companies
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( 55,190)
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( 37,611)
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667,025
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562,630
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Changes in non-cash working capital components:
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Inventories
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( 64,257)
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( 74,171)
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Receivables
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( 294,828)
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( 91,885)
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Taxation recoverable
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( 23,844)
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( 9,708)
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Payables
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65,938
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496,448
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Taxation
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( 6,162)
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( 12,497)
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Translation gains
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( 25,227)
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13,277
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( 348,380)
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321,464
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318,645
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884,094
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Financing Activities
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Long term receivables
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( 29,613)
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18,686
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Long term loans received
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220,593
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258,136
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Long term loans repaid
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( 127,459)
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( 52,158)
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Minority interest
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( 7,420)
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( 8,393)
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Issue of shares for cash
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375
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16,326
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Withholding tax
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-
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( 22,291)
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Dividends
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( 56,395)
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( 55,997)
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81
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154,309
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Investing Activities
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Additions to fixed assets
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( 277,025)
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(253,938)
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Proceeds from disposal of fixed assets
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25,342
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25,035
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Additions to investments
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( 138,967)
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(328,288)
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Proceeds from sale of investments
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224,330
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183,533
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Excess of cost of investment in subsidiaries
over net assets acquired
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( 2,038)
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(101,452)
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( 168,358)
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(475,110)
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| Increase
in net cash balances |
150,368
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563,293
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| Net
cash balances at beginning of year |
1,361,248
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793,526
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| Exchange
and translation gains on net foreign cash balances |
3,290
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4,429
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| NET
CASH BALANCES AT END OF YEAR |
1,514,906
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1,361,248
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