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QUARTERLY REPORTS - Notes to Financial Statements
A1. Accounting Policies
The interim financial report has been prepared in accordance with FRS134 " Interim Financial Reporting " and paragraph 9.22 of the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad Listing Requirements, and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Group for the financial year ended 31 December 2004.

The accounting policies and methods of computation adopted by the Group in this interim financial report are consistent with those adopted in the annual financial statement for the financial year ended 31 December 2004.
A2. Report of the Auditors
The report of the auditors of preceding annual financial statements was not subject to any qualification.
A3. Seasonal or Cyclical Factors
The results for the current quarter under review were not materially affected by seasonal or cyclical factors although the leisure and hospitality industries typically enjoyed higher patronage/occupancy during the year end holiday season.
A4. Unusual Items
There were no unusual items affecting assets, liabilities, equity, net income or cashflows for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
A5. Changes in Estimates
There were no changes in estimates that have a material effect on the amounts reported for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
A6. Issuances, Cancellations, Repurchases, Resale and Repayments of Debts and Equity Securities
There were no issuances, cancellations, repurchases, resale and repayments of debt and equity securities for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005, except for the issuance of equity securities pursuant to the Employees' Share Option Scheme amounting to RM247,500.
A7. Dividend Paid
There was no dividend paid during the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
A8. Segmental Reporting
Segmental results for the period ended 31 December 2005 are as follows:
  Property Development Property Investment Leisure Hospitality Healthcare Eliminations Consolidated
  RM'000 RM'000 RM'000 RM'000 RM'000 RM'000 RM'000
BY BUSINESS SEGMENTS              
REVENUE AND EXPENSES              
Revenue              
External sales 720,099 112,208 68,055 155,159 83,861   1,139,382
Inter-segment sales 45,473 49,784 0 2,633 39 (97,929) 0
Total Revenue 765,572 161,992 68,055 157,792 83,900 (97,929) 1,139,382
Results              
Operating segment results 243,764 53,738 (4,571) 3,584 6,032 - 302,547
Finance costs             (45,411)
Other investing activity results             10,973
Share of results of associated companies             15,888
Taxation             (80,895)
Profit after taxation             203,102
Minority interest             (93,401)
Net profit for the period             109,701
A9. Valuation of Property, Plant and Equipment
The value of property, plant & equipment has been brought forward without amendment from the previous annual financial statements.
A10. Material events
There were no material events subsequent to the end of the period reported on that have not been reflected in the financial statement for the said period except for the completion of the subscription of 20% equity interest in Sunway South Quay Sdn. Bhd. for RM5.88 million and the provision of Musyarakah Capital amounting to RM63.751 million by Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Berhad on 4th Jan 2006.

Sunway South Quay Sdn. Bhd. Is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sunway Lagoon Sdn. Bhd. which in turn is a 51% owned subsidiary of Sunway City Berhad.
A11. Changes in the Composition of the Group
There was no material change in the composition of the Group for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
A12.

Contingent Liabilities and Assets
There were no material changes in contingent liabilities since the last annual balance sheet date.
There were no contingent assets.

B1.

Review of Performance
The Group recorded a revenue of RM317.8 million for the current quarter ended 31 December 2005, an increase of 24% over the corresponding quarter ended 31 December 2004. All divisions had registered higher revenue, led by property development division with an increase of 35% mainly contributed by the disposal of our 50% interest amounting to RM59 million in a parcel of development land at Wonderland Business Park, Australia pursuant to a Co-venture Agreement with Australand announced on 28 December 2005.

Profit before taxation achieved during the current quarter was RM90.6 million, a slight increase of 2.6% over the same quarter last year. The results for the current quarter and the corresponding quarter last year were respectively augmented by a gain of RM52.9 million from the disposal of land mentioned in the above paragraph and RM50.3 million from the disposal of the Wonderland Sydney Theme Park in Australia.

B2. Material Changes in the Quarterly Results
The current quarter's revenue of RM317.8 million was 22% higher than the 3rd quarter's revenue of RM259.6 million whilst the profit before taxation of RM90.6 million represented an increase of 47% over the 3rd quarter's profit before taxation of RM61.6 million. The better performance during the quarter was mainly attributable to the disposal of land in Australia as mentioned in B1 above.
B3. Current Year Prospects
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Group is confident of continuing the same level of profit performance for the remaining 6 months of the current financial year.
B4. Variance of Actual Profit from Profit Forecast
Not applicable.
B5. Taxation
The higher effective tax rate for the current year-to-date was due to profits of subsidiary companies being separately assessed without relief against losses suffered by other subsidiary companies.

  Individual Quarter Cumulative To Date
  31/12/2005 31/12/2004 31/12/2005 31/12/2004
  RM'000 RM'000 RM'000 RM'000
Current taxation
21,115 18,470 69,156 45,674
Deferred Tax 1,394 (3,730) 11,739 (3,036)
  22,509 14,740 80,895 42,638
B6. Profits/(Losses) on Sale of Unquoted Investments and/or Properties
There were no sales of investments and/or properties of investment nature for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
B7. Purchase or Disposal of Quoted Securities
There were no purchase or disposal of quoted securities for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
B8. Status of Corporate Proposal Announced
There were no corporate proposal announced for the 4th quarter ended 31 December 2005.
B9. Group Borrowings and Debt Securities

The Group borrowings as at 31 December 2005 are as follows:
  Secured Unsecured Total
  RM'000 RM'000 RM'000
Short term borrowings 74,570 3,024 77,594
Long term borrowings 310,835 253,967 564,802
  385,405 256,991 642,396

Included in the above are foreign currency borrowings as follows:

  Secured Unsecured Total
  RM'000 RM'000 RM'000
US Dollar (USD1 = RM3.780) 0 9,371 9,371
B10. Off Balance Sheet Financial Instruments
There were no financial instruments with off balance sheet risk as at 21 February 2006.
B11. Changes in Material Litigation
As at 21 February 2006, there were no material litigations since the last balance sheet date.
B12.

Dividend
"The Board of Directors has declared an interim dividend of 3.5% per ordinary share of RM1.00 each less 28% income tax for the financial period ending 30 June 2006 (2004: 3.5%).
The interim dividend will be paid on 28 April 2006 to shareholders whose names appear in the Record of Depositors on 31 March 2006.
A shareholder shall qualify for entitlement to the dividend only in respect of:-

1. Securities transferred into the Depositor’s Securities Account before 4.00 p.m. on 31 March 2006 in respect of transfers;

2. Securities deposited into the Depositor’s Securities Account before 12.30 p.m. on 29 March 2006 in respect of securities exempted from mandatory deposit; and

3. Securities bought on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on a cum entitlement basis according to the Rules of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad."

B13. Earnings per share
The calculation of the earnings per share for the Group is based on profit after taxation and minority interests on the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.
  Individual Quarter Cumulative To Date
  31/12/2005 31/12/2004 31/12/2005 31/12/2004
  RM'000 RM'000 RM'000 RM'000
Basic earnings per share
       
Profit attributable to members of the company 24,207 26,872 109,701 66,906
Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares 412,221 406,324 412,221 406,324
Earnings per share ( Basic ) (sen) 5.87 6.61 26.61 16.47
         
Diluted earnings per share        
Profit attributable to members of the company 24,207 26,872 109,701 66,906
Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares 414,990 423,786 414,990 422,198
Earnings per share ( Diluted ) (sen) 5.83 6.34 26.43 15.85


By order of the Board


Puan Sri Datin Seri (Dr) Susan Cheah Seok Cheng
Tan Kim Aun
Lee Suan Choo
Secretaries
 



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