6. Property, Plant and Equipment (cont'd)
 

 

Leasehold and freehold land, buildings and wet berthage

Improvements to premises

Quays and dry docks

Plant and machinery

Furniture, fittings and office equipment

Motor vehicles

Capital work-in-progress

Total

 

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

 

               

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2009

17,142

2,111

8,280

417,755

8,320

348

66,755

520,711

Additions

2,793

67

1,106

604

527

25,774

30,871

Reclassification

15

74,478

900

54

(75,447)

Disposals / Write-offs

(103)

(465)

(47)

(115)

(730)

Balance at December 31, 2009

19,832

2,193

8,280

492,874

9,777

929

16,967

550,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Depreciation and Impairment Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2009

883

2,043

407

26,130

5,686

159

35,308

Depreciation for the year

920

56

407

29,696

1,776

121

32,976

Disposals / Write-offs

(2)

(58)

(47)

(107)

Balance at December 31, 2009

1,801

2,099

814

55,768

7,415

280

68,177

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2009

18,031

94

7,466

437,106

2,362

649

16,967

482,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2008

312

2,019

6,134

324

8,789

Additions

92

11,455

1,414

54,105

67,066

Reclassification

23,982

(23,982)

Disposals / Write-offs

(1)

(2,097)

(302)

(2,400)

Acquisition

16,831

8,280

384,415

1,074

24

36,632

447,256

Balance at December 31, 2008

17,142

2,111

8,280

417,755

8,320

348

66,755

520,711

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Depreciation and Impairment Losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2008

15

1,534

3,748

70

5,367

Depreciation for the year

868

509

407

26,130

2,059

89

30,062

Disposals / Write-offs

(121)

(121)

Balance at December 31, 2008

883

2,043

407

26,130

5,686

159

35,308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, 2008

16,259

68

7,873

391,625

2,634

189

66,755

485,403

 
Group
i. Property, plant and equipment with the following net book values have been pledged to secure loan facilities granted to subsidiaries:
 

 

Group

 

2009

2008

 

S$’000

S$’000

 

 

 

Freehold land and buildings

27,758

25,111

Leasehold land and buildings

106,617

11,737

Plant and machinery

854,385

756,964

Capital work-in-progress

43,378

121,181

Other assets

1,992

736

 

1,034,130

915,729

 
ii. Assets with net book value of S$1,383,000 (2008: S$1,587,000) were acquired under finance lease.
iii. Included in the cost of leasehold land and buildings, quays and dry docks and plant and machinery are amounts of S$120,866,000, S$100,900,000 and S$667,000 respectively which were stated at valuation and determined by firms of professional valuers. Also included in the cost of quays and dry docks is an amount of S$25,152,000 which was stated at Directors’ valuation. These revaluations were done on a one-off basis prior to January 1, 1997.
iv. During the year, interest and direct staff costs amounting to S$1,037,000 (2008: S$1,076,000) and S$982,000 (2008: S$1,849,000), respectively were capitalised as capital work-in-progress.
v. Change in estimates
During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Group revised its estimates for the useful lives of certain assets within leasehold and freehold land, buildings and wet berthage, quays and dry docks and marine vessels after conducting an operational review of their useful lives. As a result, there was a change in the expected useful lives of these assets. The effect of these changes on depreciation expense in current and future periods on assets currently held is as follows:
 

 

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Later

 

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

S$’000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Decrease) / increase in depreciation
expense and (increase) / decrease
in profit before tax

(1,240)

7,031

7,189

8,772

9,116

(31,220)

 
7. Investment Properties
 

 

 

Group

 

 

2009

2008

 

Note

S$’000

S$’000

Cost

 

 

 

Balance at January 1

 

44,408

48,664

Translation adjustments

 

842

(3,939)

Transfer from property, plant and equipment

6

1,453

Disposals

 

(317)

Balance at December 31

 

46,703

44,408

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Depreciation and Impairment Losses

 

 

 

Balance at January 1

 

18,449

17,373

Transfer from property, plant and equipment

6

642

Depreciation for the year

35(b)

1,009

1,007

Allowance made for impairment – net

35(b)

69

Balance at December 31

 

20,100

18,449

 

 

 

 

Carrying Amount

 

 

 

At December 31

 

26,603

25,959

 
Investment properties with net book value of S$10,293,000 (2008: S$9,451,000) have been pledged to secure loan facilities granted to a subsidiary.

The fair value of the investment properties as at the balance sheet date is S$56,212,000 (2008: S$51,900,000). The fair value, determined by independent professional valuers, is based on market values, being the estimated amount for which a property could be exchanged on the date of the valuation between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm’s length transaction after proper marketing wherein the parties had each acted knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion.

In the absence of current prices in an active market, the fair values are determined by considering the aggregate of the estimated cash flow expected to be received from renting out the properties. A yield that reflects the specific risks inherent in the cash flows then is applied to the net annual cash flows to obtain the fair values.
 
8. Investments in Subsidiaries
 

 

Company

 

2009

2008

 

S$’000

S$’000

 

 

 

At cost and carrying value:

 

 

Quoted equity shares

713,048

713,048

Unquoted equity shares

453,912

503,951

Preference shares

257,500

257,500

Share-based payments reserve

11,046

12,071

 

1,435,506

1,486,570

 
The fair value of the equity interest of the listed subsidiary with carrying amount of S$713,048,000 (2008: S$713,048,000), amounts to S$4,681,871,827 (2008: S$2,125,822,884) based on the last transacted market price as at December 31, 2009 (December 31, 2008).

Details of subsidiaries are set out in Note 48 to the financial statements.
 
 
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