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30. DEPOSITS, CASH AND BANK BALANCES<br />

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>The</strong> Company<br />

2005 2004 2005 2004<br />

RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000<br />

Fixed deposits with:<br />

Licensed banks:<br />

Restricted 6,000 600 6,000 600<br />

Unrestricted 108,810 168,869 19,456 7,320<br />

114,810 169,469 25,456 7,920<br />

Licensed financial institutions – 1,400 – –<br />

Housing Development Accounts 20,072 16,284 10,964 11,140<br />

Cash and bank balances:<br />

Restricted 3,803 2,131 1,595 1,105<br />

Unrestricted 55,271 62,643 190 340<br />

193,956 251,927 38,205 20,505<br />

<strong>The</strong> Housing Development Accounts are maintained in accordance with Section 7(A) of the Housing Developers<br />

(Control and Licensing) Act, 1966. <strong>The</strong>se accounts, which consist of monies received from purchasers, are for the<br />

payment of property development expenditure incurred. <strong>The</strong> surplus monies, if any, will be released to the<br />

Company and certain subsidiary companies upon the completion of the property development projects and after<br />

all property development expenditure has been fully settled.<br />

Included in deposits with licensed banks and bank balances of the <strong>Group</strong> and of the Company are amounts<br />

totalling RM9.8 million (2004: RM2.7 million) and RM7.6 million (2004: RM1.7 million), respectively, which<br />

have been earmarked for the purposes of repayment of borrowings, LICB Bonds and USD Debts (Notes 34 to 36)<br />

and pledged as security for bank guarantees granted.<br />

<strong>The</strong> average effective interest rates during the financial year were as follows:<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>The</strong> Company<br />

2005 2004 2005 2004<br />

RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000<br />

Fixed deposits with:<br />

Licensed banks 2.3% 2.3% 2.5% 2.4%<br />

Licensed financial institutions 3.0% 3.0% – –<br />

Deposits of the <strong>Group</strong> and of the Company have an average maturity of 24 days (2004: 22 days).<br />

<strong>The</strong> currency exposure profile of deposits, cash and bank balances is as follows:<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <strong>The</strong> Company<br />

2005 2004 2005 2004<br />

RM’000 RM’000 RM’000 RM’000<br />

Ringgit Malaysia 165,050 221,759 38,205 20,505<br />

Renminbi 27,672 30,090 – –<br />

Singapore Dollar 1,234 78 – –<br />

193,956 251,927 38,205 20,505<br />

<strong>The</strong> deposits, cash and bank balances denominated in Renminbi of the subsidiary companies in the People’s<br />

Republic of China (“PRC”) are subject to the exchange control restrictions of that country. <strong>The</strong> deposits, cash and<br />

bank balances are available for use by the subsidiary companies in the PRC and the exchange control restrictions<br />

will only apply if the monies are to be remitted to another country outside the PRC.

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