Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Company Limited Annual Report 2013
Notes to the Accounts (Continued)
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
(j)
Impairment of assets (Continued)
(ii)
Impairment of other assets
Internal and external sources of information are reviewed at each balance sheet date to identify indications that the following assets may be impaired or an impairment loss previously recognised no longer exists or may have decreased:
other property, plant and equipment; and
investments in subsidiaries and associates in the Company's balance sheet.
If any such indication exists, the asset's recoverable amount is estimated.
Calculation of recoverable amount
The recoverable amount of an asset is the greater of its fair value less costs of disposal and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. Where an asset does not generate cash inflows largely independent of those from other assets, the recoverable amount is determined for the smallest group of assets that generates cash inflows independently (i.e. a cash-generating unit).
Recognition of impairment losses
An impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss if the carrying amount of an asset, or the cash-generating unit to which it belongs, exceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment losses recognised in respect of cash-generating units are allocated to reduce the carrying amount of the assets in the unit (or group of units) on a pro rata basis, except that the carrying value of an asset will not be reduced below its individual fair value less costs of disposal (if measurable) or
value in use (if determinable).
Reversals of impairment losses
An impairment loss is reversed if there has been a favourable change in the estimates used to
determine the recoverable amount.
A reversal of an impairment loss is limited to the asset's carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised in prior years. Reversals of impairment. losses are credited to profit or loss in the year in which the reversals are recognised.
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