9. FIXED ASSETS (continued)

Company

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 1988

350,000

18,505

39,727

518,581

22,448

949,261

Additions and transfer

from assets under

construction

1,334

53,328 2,857

57,519

Valuation surplus

53,000

53,000

Disposals

(1,559)

At 31 December 1988 403,000

18.505

(582)

39,502 571,327 24,919

(386)

(2,527)

1,057,253

Aggregate

depreciation

At 1 January 1988

89

13,774 178,873 10,707

203,443

Written back on

disposals

Charge for the year

At 31 December 1988

(1,270)

(293)

(386)

(1,949)

65 1,159 21,732

2,238

25,194

154

13,663 200,312

12,559

226,688

Net book value

At 31 December 1988

403,000

18,351

25,839 371,015

12,360

830,565

At 31 December 1987

350,000 18.416 25,953 339,708

11,741

745,818

(i)

Leasehold land is held in Hong Kong and comprises the following:

Group and company

1988

HK$'000

1987

HK$'000

Long lease

17,853

17,853

Medium term lease

Short term lease

325

173

333

230

18.351

18,416

(ii) The group's investment properties are held in Hong Kong on long leases and have been revalued by an officer of the company, who is a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, at 31 December 1988 on an open market value basis.

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