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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 December 1995

Note

1995

HK$'000

1994

HK$ '000

2

3,973,143

3,500,081

Operating Profit

Exceptional Item

Profit before Taxation

3

540,222

490,507

4

1,710,793

540,222

2,201,300

Taxation

7(a)

(77,163)

(84,496)

Profit after Taxation

463,059

2,116,804

Transfer to Development Fund

17

(1,988)

Profit attributable to Shareholders

461,071

2,116,804

Retained Profits at 1 January

969,290

713,265

1,430,361

2,830,069

Appropriations:

Dividends and Special Cash Bonuses

Retained Profits at 31 December

Earnings per Share

0

(367,312)

(1,860,779)

15

1,063,049

969,290

9(a)

$1.14

$5.24

Earnings per Share before Exceptional Item

9(b)

$1.14

$1.01

The notes on pages 45 to 58 form part of these accounts.

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