Notes to the Financial Statements
(Cont’d)
For the financial year ended 30 April 2016
(In Singapore Dollar)
ANNUAL REPORT 2016
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Summary of significant accounting policies (cont’d)
2.12
Impairment of financial assets (cont’d)
(c)
Available-for-sale financial assets
In the case of equity investments classified as available-for-sale, objective evidence of impairment
include (i) significant financial difficulty of the issuer or obligor, (ii) information about significant
changes with an adverse effect that have taken place in the technological, market, economic or legal
environment in which the issuer operates, and indicates that the cost of the investment in equity
instrument may not be recovered; and (iii) a significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of the
investment below its costs. ‘Significant’ is to be evaluated against the original cost of the investment
and ‘prolonged’ against the period in which the fair value has been below its original cost.
If an available-for-sale financial asset is impaired, an amount comprising the difference between
its acquisition cost (net of any principal repayment and amortisation) and its current fair value, less
any impairment loss previously recognised in profit or loss, is transferred from other comprehensive
income and recognised in profit or loss. Reversals of impairment losses in respect of equity
instruments are not recognised in profit or loss; increase in their fair value after impairment are
recognised directly in other comprehensive income.
In the case of debt instruments classified as available-for-sale, impairment is assessed based on
the same criteria as financial assets carried at amortised cost. However, the amount recorded for
impairment is the cumulative loss measured as the difference between the amortised cost and the
current fair value, less any impairment loss on that investment previously recognised in profit or loss.
Future interest income continues to be accrued based on the reduced carrying amount of the asset,
using the rate of interest used to discount the future cash flows for the purpose of measuring the
impairment loss. The interest income is recorded as part of finance income. If, in a subsequent year,
the fair value of a debt instrument increases and the increases can be objectively related to an event
occurring after the impairment loss was recognised in profit or loss, the impairment loss is reversed
in profit or loss.
2.13
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits, and short-term, highly
liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amount of cash and which are subject to an
insignificant risk of changes in value. These also include bank overdrafts that form an integral part of the
Group’s cash management.
