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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the financial year ended 31 December 2017
32. ALLOWANCES FOR IMPAIRMENT OF SECURITIES AND OTHER ASSETS
Government
and debt
securities
GROUP ($’000)
At 1 January 2016
Currency translation
Amounts written off
Impairment charge/(write-back) to income
statements (Note 9)
Transfers to other accounts
At 31 December 2016/1 January 2017
Currency translation
Amounts written off
Impairment charge/(write-back) to income
statements (Note 9)
Impairment charge to profit from life assurance
Transfers to other accounts
At 31 December 2017
(1)

At 1 January 2016
Currency translation
Amounts written off
Impairment charge/(write-back) to income
statements (Note 9)
Transfers to other accounts
At 31 December 2016/1 January 2017
Currency translation
Amounts written off
Impairment charge to income
statements (Note 9)
Transfers to other accounts
At 31 December 2017
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OCBC ANNUAL REPORT 2017
Other
assets
Total
63,345
(236)
– 2,525
(4)
– 15,559
(193)
(4,526) 81,429
50
(39,552)
34,543
–
–
–
– 1
–
63,110
269
– (14)
–
2,507
(#)
– 2,178
(3,336)
9,682
(300)
(2,991) 36,708
(3,336)
75,299
(31)
(2,991)
(110)
–
–
2,397
(Note 36) 9
–
(1,431)
4,969 (94)
264
(1,431)
71,016
# represents amounts less than $500.
BANK ($’000)
Investment
property
–
483
(35,026)
–
–
–
–
Associates and
subsidiaries
Property, plant
and equipment
Government
and debt
securities
7
264
–
63,650
(Note 35)
Property, plant
and equipment Investment
property
Other
assets
Total
33,787
–
(28,517) –
484
(27,155) 820
–
– 2,525
–
– 4,178
(21)
(143) 41,310
463
(55,815)
13,354
–
18,624
(339)
(4,779) 26,671
–
–
–
– –
–
820
–
– (128)
–
2,397
–
– 219
(3,739)
494
(8)
(251) 40,116
(3,739)
22,335
(347)
(5,030)
12,593
–
26,099
(Notes 33-34) –
–
– –
–
2,397
(Note 36) 37,684
(37,455)
464 50,277
(37,455)
29,780
–
–
820
(Note 35)