Notes to the cash flow statement
a.
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the year ended 31 December 1995
Reconciliation of operating profit to net cash inflow from operating activities
1995
1994
HK$'000
HK$ 000
Operating profit
Amortisation and depreciation
Interest income
Interest expenses
540,222
490,507
252,579
222,619
(32,447)
(26,532)
ļ
28,936
28,369
Increase in spare parts and stores
(38,362)
(40,306)
(Increase)/decrease in accounts receivable
Increase in deposits and prepayments Increase/(decrease) in accounts payable
Profit on disposal of fixed assets
Provision for staff retirement fund
Provision for contingency
(8,957)
18,273
(3,007)
(2.567)
51,546
(132,402)
(2,337)
(460)
120,000
192,000
61,803
18,876
Effect of foreign exchange rates
71
(62)
Net cash inflow from operating activities
970,047
768,315
b.
Analysis of changes in financing during the year
Balance at 1 January 1995
Cash inflow from financing
Balance at 31 December 1995
Analysis of the balances of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
Bank loans and overdrafts repayable
within three months
44
Bank loans
HK$'000
358,035
71,219
429,254
1995
HK$'000
1994
HK$'000
453,675
392,936
(8,963)
(27,793)
444,712
365,143
B
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