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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
31 MARCH 2018
fInanCIal StatementS
5.
Other income
Included in other income are the following:
Group
Company
2018
2017
2018
2017
RM’000
RM’000
RM’000
RM’000
Write back of impairment loss on amount
due from a subsidiary (Note 22)
-
-
-
150
Net gain on disposal of property, plant
and equipment
108
2
4
2
Interest income
8,945
8,792
10,585
9,649
Distribution from short term cash investments
457
-
3
-
Management fees
-
-
914
1,069
Negative goodwill on acquisition of subsidiaries
275
-
-
-
Net foreign exchange gain
-
-
166
90
6.
Staff costs
Group
Company
2018
2017
2018
2017
RM’000
RM’000
RM’000
RM’000
Wages and salaries
- Company’s Executive Director (Note 7)
2,480
2,041
946
816
- Others
40,070
37,888
3,827
3,863
Social security costs
400
343
29
26
Pension costs
- defined contribution plan
6,168
6,219
807
759
- defined benefit plan (Note 29)
289
284
-
-
Share options granted under ESOS
-
43
-
43
Other staff related expenses
7,487
8,086
235
424
56,894
54,904
5,844
5,931
Included in staff costs of the Group and of the Company is the Managing Director’s remuneration amounting to RM2,543,000
(2017: RM2,438,000) and RM946,000 (2017: RM1,159,000) respectively as further disclosed in Note 7.