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Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies:  
Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies

 

For significant accounting policies, see notes to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s annual report of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results, when ultimately realized could differ from those estimates.

 

 

Foreign Currency and Other Comprehensive Income

 

The accompanying financial statements are presented in United States (US) dollars.  The functional currency of Andrew Liu & Co Ltd (“ALC”), Chang An Consultants Ltd (“CAC”) and Edushipasia Limited (“ESA”) is the Hong Kong dollar (HK$).  The financial statements are translated into US dollars from HK$ at year-end exchange rates for assets and liabilities, and weighted average exchange rates for revenues and expenses.  Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transactions occurred.

 

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (“HKMA”), Hong Kong's central bank, maintains a Linked Exchange Rate System since 1983.  The HKMA operates Convertibility Undertakings on both the strong side and the weak side of the Linked Rate of US$1: HK$7.8.  In fact, the exchange rate for HK$ to US dollars has varied by only 100ths during the first six months 2012 and 2011.  Thus, the consistent exchange rate used has been 7.80 HK$ per each US dollar.  Since there have been no greater fluctuations in the exchange rate, there is no gain or loss from foreign currency translation and no resulting other comprehensive income or loss.

 

Foreign currency transactions are those that required settlement in a currency other than HK$.  Gain or loss from foreign currency transactions, or exchange loss, are recognized in income in the period they occur.

 

The functional currency of Shanghai Heshili Broker Co. Limited (“SHB”) and AL Marine Consulting Services (Shanghai) Ltd (“ALM Shanghai”) is the Chinese Yuan (“CNY”).  The financial statements of SHB and ALM Shanghai are translated into United States dollars in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Code (ASC) No. 830, " Foreign Currency Matters”, using quarter-end rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, and average rates of exchange for the period for revenues, costs, and expenses and historical rates for the equity.  Translation adjustments resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in determining comprehensive income.

 

The exchange rates used to translate amounts in CNY into U.S. Dollars for the purposes of preparing the consolidated financial statements were as follows: 

 

Balance sheet items, as of period-end date: US$0.15736:CNY1

 

Amounts included in the statements of operations, statements of changes in shareholders’ equity and statements of cash flows for the period: US$0.15751:CNY1

 

 

Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  Diluted earnings per share is computed similar to basic earnings per share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive. There were no dilutive shares for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

 

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company has evaluated all the recent accounting pronouncements through the filing date and believes that none of them will have a material effect on the Company.