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     Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
                                                                                                 31st March 2016
             19  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS BY CATEGORY
                                                                                     2016             2015
                                                                                  HK$’000          HK$’000
                  Assets
                    Trade and other receivables (Note 21)                         734,002          621,680
                    Cash and cash equivalents (Note 22)                          1,591,643         888,335
                    Total                                                        2,325,645        1,510,015
                                                                                     2016             2015
                                                                                  HK$’000          HK$’000
                  Liabilities
                    Trade and other payables (Note 23)                            348,390          512,072
                    Dividend payable (Note 13)                                    347,621                 –
                    Borrowings (Note 24)                                          232,800            50,000
                    Trust receipt loan                                                   –            1,654
                    Total                                                         928,811          563,726
             20  INVENTORIES
                                                                                     2016             2015
                                                                                  HK$’000          HK$’000
                  Raw materials                                                   122,960          169,850
                  Work in progress                                                  10,091           18,470
                  Finished goods                                                  182,588          215,220
                                                                                  315,639          403,540
                  The  cost  of  inventories  recognised  as  expenses  and  included  in  cost  of  goods  sold  amounted  to
                  approximately HK$2,151,804,000 (2015: HK$1,924,405,000).
                                                                      ALCO HOLDINGS LIMITED  ANNUAL REPORT 2016  73
     	
