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Prepayments and other current assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Notes to Financial Statements

Prepayments and other current assets

Prepayment and other current assets mainly represent deposits for purchases and services, rental and utilities deposits, and prepaid expenses. The other current assets also include cost of estimated earnings in excess of billing.

Cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings

		2011				2010
		US$’000				US$’000
Contracts costs incurred plus estimated earnings			8,604				8,569
Less: Progress billings			(8,098	)			(8,338	)
Cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings			506				231

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The entire disclosure of claims held for amounts due a company. Examples include trade accounts receivables, notes receivables, loans receivables, and so forth.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.17)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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