| Land Registry Annual Report 
          2003/04 | 
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| Financial Report Certified Financial Statements | 
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| |  THE 
                LAND REGISTRY TRADING FUND |  |  BALANCE 
                SHEET |  |  As at 31 March 2004  |  |  Expressed in HK$ ' 000  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  Note |  |  2004 |    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ASSETS |    |  |    |    |    |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Non-current 
              assets |    |  |    |    |    |  |  Fixed assets  |  10 
                 |  |  422,519 |    |  
                392,663 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | Current 
              assets |    |  |    |    |    |  |  Debtors and prepayments |    |  |  14,635  |    |  11,468 |  |  Amounts due from related parties  |    |  |  5,542  |    |  5,585 |  |  Tax recoverable  |    |  |  7,357  |    |  6,179 |  |  Placements with banks  |    |  |  401,000  |    |  401,650 |  |  Cash and bank balances  |    |  |  3,925  |    |  1,722 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |  432,459 |    |  426,604 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | Current 
              liabilities |    |  |    |    |    |  |  Deferred revenue |  11 
                 |  |  1,720  |    |  1,820 |  |  Short-term borrowings  |  12 
                 |  |  -  |    |  23,660 |  |  Interest payable to Government  |    |  |  -  |    |  796 |  |  Customers' deposits  |  13 
                 |  |  21,271  |    |  21,413 |  |  Creditors  |    |  |  3,068  |    |  3,429 |  |  Amounts due to related parties  |    |  |  24,356  |    |  27,778 |  |  Provision for employee benefits  |    |  |  7,305  |    |  1,145 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |  57,720 |    |  80,041 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | Net current 
              assets |    |  |  374,739 |    |  346,563 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | Total 
              assets less current liabilities |    |  |  797,258 |    |  739,226 |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | Non-current 
              liabilities |    |  |    |    |    |  |  Net deferred tax liabilities |  14 
                 |  |  17,879 |    |  10,966 |  |  Provision for employee benefits  |    |  |  62,546 |    |  63,289 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | NET ASSETS |    |  |  716,833 |    |  664,971 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |    |    |  |    |    |    |  | CAPITAL AND 
              RESERVES |  |  |  |  |  |  | Trading fund capital |  |  | 118,300  |  | 118,300  |  | Retained earnings |  |  | 553,761  |  | 508,989 |  | Proposed dividend |  |  | 44,772  |  | 37,682 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 716,833 |  | 664,971 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 
 
 |  Mrs. Alice LEE
 |  |  Land Registrar and General Manager (Acting), |  |  Land Registry Trading Fund  |  |  9 September 2004  | 
 The notes on the accounts form part of these accounts.
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