Change - S P Setia Berhad
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82<br />
Annual report 2008<br />
NOTES TO THE<br />
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2008<br />
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />
(a)<br />
Basis of preparation<br />
The financial statements comply with applicable approved Financial Reporting Standards (“FRS”) issued by the Malaysian<br />
Accounting Standards Board and with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1965.<br />
The measurement bases applied in the preparation of the financial statements include cost, recoverable value, realisable<br />
value and fair value. Estimates are used in measuring these values.<br />
The financial statements are presented in Ringgit Malaysia (“RM”), which is also the Company’s functional currency. Unless<br />
otherwise indicated, the amounts in these financial statements have been rounded to the nearest thousand.<br />
(b)<br />
<strong>Change</strong>s in accounting policies<br />
The accounting policies adopted by the Group and the Company are consistent with those adopted in the previous financial<br />
year except for the adoption of the following new and revised FRSs effective on or after 1 July 2007:<br />
Amendment to FRS 121 : The Effects of <strong>Change</strong>s in Foreign Exchange Rates – Net Investment in a Foreign<br />
Operation<br />
FRS 107<br />
FRS 111<br />
FRS 112<br />
FRS 118<br />
FRS 137<br />
Cash Flow Statements<br />
Construction Contracts<br />
Income Taxes<br />
Revenue<br />
Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets<br />
The adoption of the above FRSs does not have any significant financial impact on the Group and the Company for the<br />
current financial year.<br />
(c)<br />
New FRSs that are not yet effective<br />
The Group and the Company have not adopted the FRS 139 Financial Instruments : Recognition and Measurement that<br />
has been issued and relevant to their operations but which are only effective for the financial periods beginning on or after<br />
1 January 2010.<br />
(d)<br />
Significant accounting judgements and estimates<br />
The preparation of financial statements requires management to exercise judgement in the process of applying the<br />
accounting policies. It also requires the use of accounting estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets<br />
and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date, and reported amounts of income<br />
and expenses during the financial year.<br />
Although these estimates are based on management’s best knowledge of current events and actions, historical experiences<br />
and various other factors, including expectations for future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances,<br />
actual results may ultimately differ from these estimates.<br />
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are<br />
recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised and in any future periods affected.<br />
(i)<br />
Critical judgement made in applying accounting policies<br />
The followings are judgements made by management in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies that<br />
have the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements: