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27 COMPONENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME<br />

The Group<br />

2009 2008<br />

$ $<br />

Other comprehensive income:<br />

Available-for-sale investments:<br />

Gains (losses) arising during the year 7,237,238 (15,807,909)<br />

Reclassification to profit or loss from equity on disposal of available-for-sale investments (6,251,349) (4,252,069)<br />

Deferred tax liability (444,987) 332,269<br />

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations (4,057,880) (3,917,600)<br />

Exchange differences on statutory reserves 23,316 (46,635)<br />

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax (3,493,662) (23,691,944)<br />

28 EARNINGS PER SHARE<br />

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to ordinary owners of the Company is based on the following data:<br />

2009 2008<br />

Earnings for the purposes of basic earnings per share<br />

(profit for the year attributable to owners of the Company) $114,385,469 $108,744,804<br />

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of basic earnings per share 724,709,009 724,709,009<br />

Basic earnings per share 15.78 cents 15.01 cents<br />

Diluted earnings per share is equal to basic earnings per share as there are no potential dilutive ordinary shares.<br />

29 DIVIDENDS<br />

The Group and The Company<br />

2009 2008<br />

$ $<br />

One-tier tax-exempt interim dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2009<br />

of 0.5 cents per ordinary share paid (31 December 2008 : 0.5 cents per ordinary share paid) 3,623,544 3,623,544<br />

One-tier tax-exempt final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December 2008<br />

of 7.0 cents per ordinary share paid (31 December 2007 : 11.89 cents per ordinary share paid) 50,729,632 86,167,901<br />

54,353,176 89,791,445<br />

At the Annual General Meeting on 28 April 2010, a one-tier tax-exempt final dividend of 7.5 cents per ordinary share amounting to a total of<br />

$54,353,176 will be recommended. These financial statements do not reflect this dividend, which will be accounted for in the shareholders’<br />

equity as an appropriation of retained earnings in the financial year ending 31 December 2010.<br />

30 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES<br />

(a) Obligations by virtue of a subsidiary being a clearing member of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) – secured<br />

At the end of the reporting period, there were contingent liabilities of $3,273,539 (2008 : $1,176,850) in respect of the obligations of a<br />

subsidiary to The Central Depository (Pte) Limited (“CDP”) by virtue of the subsidiary being a clearing member of the SGX-ST. The<br />

contingent liabilities are secured against deposits amounting to $1,635,394 (2008 : $1,173,030) placed by the subsidiary with CDP.<br />

(b) At the end of the reporting period, there were contingent liabilities of $Nil (2008 : $10,076,500) in respect of a request by the Company to<br />

a related party bank to issue a guarantee to The Indonesian Stock Exchange (“IDX”) in respect of the obligations of a subsidiary, by virtue<br />

of it being a clearing member of the IDX.<br />

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