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President’s Statement Financial Statement83Mandatory Effective Date of FRS 9 and Transition Disclosures(Amendments to FRS 9 (IFRS 9 issued by IASB in November 2009), FRS9 (IFRS 9 issued by IASB in October 2010) and FRS 7))*** <strong>The</strong> mandatory effective date of FRS 9 has been changed from 1 January 2013 to 1 January 2015by the MASB.** Effective immediately on the date of its issue by MASB on 1 March 2012.As explained below, the <strong>Institute</strong> will be adopting the new <strong>Malaysian</strong> Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards(“MFRS”) accounting framework issued by the MASB in preparing its next set of financial statements.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> will therefore not be adopting the above new and revised FRSs, IC Interpretations andtheir amendments which are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2012.MFRS FrameworkOn 19 November <strong>2011</strong>, the MASB issued a new MASB approved accounting framework, the MFRSframework in conjunction with MASB’s plan to converge with the International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ingStandards (“IFRS”). <strong>The</strong> MFRS framework comprises standards which are equivalent to the IFRSissued by the International Accounting Standards Board.<strong>The</strong> MFRS framework is to be applied by all Entities Other Than Private Entities for annual periodsbeginning on or after 1 January 2012, with the exception of entities that are within the scope of MFRS141, Agriculture and IC Interpretation 15, Agreements for Construction of Real Estate including itsparent, significant investor and venturer (hereinafter referred to as “the Transitioning Entities”).Transitioning Entities are allowed to defer the adoption of the MFRS framework for an additional oneyear. Consequently, the adoption of MFRS framework by the Transitioning Entities will be mandatory forannual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.All the FRSs issued under the existing MASB’s FRSs framework are equivalent to the MFRSs issuedexcept that there are no equivalent FRS to MFRS 141 and IC Interpretation 15 issued under the MFRSframework and differences in relation to transitional provisions.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> will prepare its first MFRS financial statements for the financial year ending 31 December2012 which will also include an opening MFRS statement of financial position at the date of transition toMFRSs which is 1 January <strong>2011</strong>.<strong>The</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> expects that there will be no significant impact on its financial position and financialperformance upon the adoption of the MFRS framework.

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