2013     2012 
                                           USD'000  USD'000 
 
Interest expense on loans and borrowings     5,373    3,115 
Interest expense on convertible bonds          254       75 
Accretion of interest on the convertible 
 bonds                                       1,596      291 
 
 
                                             7,223    3,481 
 
 
   12.        Employee benefits expense 
 
                                          2013     2012 
                                         USD'000  USD'000 
 
Included in cost of sales (Note 7): 
 Salaries, bonus and allowances              971      342 
 Contributions to defined contribution 
  plans                                      105       50 
 Social security costs                        12        2 
 Share-based payment transaction 
  (Note 29)                                   59       38 
 
 
                                           1,147      432 
 
 
Included in cost of biological assets 
 (Note 16): 
 Salaries, bonus and allowances            1,291    1,461 
 Contributions to defined contribution 
  plans                                      156      173 
 Social security costs                        10       10 
 Share-based payment transaction 
  (Note 29)                                  144      150 
 
 
                                           1,601    1,794 
 
 
Included in cost of administrative 
 expenses (Note 9): 
 Salaries, bonus and allowances            1,427    1,738 
 Contributions to defined contribution 
  plans                                       79      107 
 Social security costs                         3        4 
 Share-based payment transaction 
  (Note 29)                                    5      963 
 
 
                                           1,514    2,812 
 
 
Total employee benefits expense            4,262    5,038 
 
 
   13.        Income tax benefit 

Major components of income tax benefit

The major components of income tax benefit for the financial years ended 31 December are as follows:

 
                                      2013     2012 
                                     USD'000  USD'000 
 
Income tax: 
 - Under/(over) provision in prior 
  year                                     9      (3) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                           2013     2012 
                                          USD'000  USD'000 
Deferred tax: 
 - relating to origination and reversal 
  of temporary differences                (1,125)    (242) 
 - Under provision in prior year               64       52 
 
 
                                          (1,061)    (190) 
 
 
                                          (1,052)    (193) 
 
 

Relationship between tax benefit and accounting loss

The reconciliation between income tax benefit and the product of accounting loss multiplied by the applicable corporate tax rate for the financial years ended 31 December is as follows:

 
                                               2013     2012 
                                             USD'000   USD'000 
 
Accounting loss before tax                   (11,453)  (7,072) 
 
 
Tax benefit at domestic rate applicable 
 to losses 
 in the countries where the Group operates    (2,603)  (1,461) 
Adjustments: 
   Non-deductible expenses                      1,478    1,219 
Under/(over) provision of income tax 
 in prior year                                      9      (3) 
Under provision of deferred tax in 
 prior year                                        64       52 
 
 
                                              (1,052)    (193) 
 
 

For the current financial year, the corporate income tax rate applicable to the Singapore and Malaysian companies in the Group was 17% (2012: 17%) and 25% (2012: 25%) respectively.

The above reconciliation is prepared by aggregating separate reconciliations for each national jurisdiction.

Included in non-deductible expenses is the tax effects of share-based payment transaction of USD13,000 (2012: USD173,000).

Deferred tax

Deferred tax relates to the following:

 
                             Consolidated statement     Consolidated income 
                              of financial position          statement 
                               2013         2012            2013       2012 
                              USD'000      USD'000         USD'000   USD'000 
 
Accelerated depreciation 
 for tax purposes               (5,408)      (3,765)          1,967     1,619 
Biological assets              (11,468)      (7,987)          4,171     3,419 
Revaluation of land 
 use rights to fair 
 value                          (6,621)      (7,245)          (134)     (137) 
Capital items expensed 
 off                                105            -          (109)         - 
Unutilised tax losses             7,408        4,649        (3,187)   (1,941) 
Unabsorbed capital 
 and agricultural 
 allowances                      11,065        7,970        (3,769)   (3,150) 
 
 
Deferred tax benefit                                        (1,061)     (190) 
 
 
Net deferred tax 
 liabilities                    (4,919)      (6,378) 
 
 
Reflected in the 
 statement of financial 
 position as follows: 
Deferred tax assets                 511          178 
Deferred tax liabilities        (5,430)      (6,556) 
 
Deferred tax liabilities, 
 net                            (4,919)      (6,378) 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of deferred tax liabilities, net 
 
                                     2013     2012 
                                    USD'000  USD'000 
 
Opening balance as of 1 January     (6,378)  (6,325) 
Recognised in profit or loss          1,061      190 
Exchange differences                    398    (243) 
 
 
Closing balance as at 31 December   (4,919)  (6,378) 
 
 

The Group offsets tax assets and liabilities if and only if it has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets and current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same tax authority.

The Group has unutilised tax losses and unabsorbed capital and agricultural allowances totaling USD73,896,000 (2012: USD50,476,000). The availability of the unutilised tax losses and unabsorbed capital and agricultural allowances for offsetting against future taxable profits of the subsidiaries are subject to the provisions of the Malaysian Income Tax Act, 1967.

   14.        Loss per share 

Basic loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing loss for the year, net of tax, attributable to owners of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year.

Diluted loss per share amounts are calculated by dividing loss for the year, net of tax, attributable to owners of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial year plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. There is no dilutive potential ordinary share as at year ended 2013 and 2012.

The following tables reflect the loss and share data used in the computation of basic loss and diluted per share for the years ended 31 December:

 
                                          2013           2012 
                                         USD'000        USD'000 
 
Loss, net of tax, attributable to 
 owners of the Company                     (10,400)        (6,879) 
- 
                                      =============  ============= 
 
                                      No. of shares  No. of shares 
                                          '000           '000 
 
Weighted average number of ordinary 
 shares for basic and diluted loss 
 per share computation*                      46,663         46,382 
- 
                                      =============  ============= 
 

* The weighted average number of ordinary shares takes into account the weighted average effect of changes in ordinary shares transactions during the year

The potential ordinary shares from unsecured convertible bonds and options granted pursuant to the Company's share option scheme have not been included in the calculation of diluted loss per share because they are anti-dilutive.

   15.        Property, plant and equipment 
 
                                              Office 
                                            equipment, 
                                            computers, 
                                             furniture 
                                 Motor          and                  Plant and                   Assets under 
                    Building    vehicles     fittings    Renovation   machinery  Infrastructure  construction   Total 
                    USD'000     USD'000       USD'000     USD'000     USD'000       USD'000        USD'000     USD'000 
 
Cost 
At 1 January 2012      2,338           721      340          39           1,548          10,173         1,856   17,015 
Additions                220           396      261          -            1,799           9,823        25,817   38,316 
Disposal                   -          (24)       -           -                -               -             -     (24) 
Reclassifications      2,640             1      32           -             (37)               1       (2,637)        - 
Exchange 
 differences              90            35      18           2               75             484           292      996 
 
 
At 31 December 
 2012 and 
 1 January 2013        5,288         1,129      651          41        3,385             20,481        25,328   56,303 
Additions              1,104           265      305          -              698           4,976        10,769   18,117 
Disposal                   -          (26)       -           -                -               -             -     (26) 
Reclassifications     13,035          (32)      59           -            1,683           2,120      (16,865)        - 
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