46. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Accounting policies

A discontinued operation is a component of the entity that has been disposed of or is classified as held for sale and that represents a separate major line of business or geographical area of operations, is part of a single co-ordinated plan to dispose of such a line of business or area of operations, or is a subsidiary acquired exclusively with a view to resale. The results of discontinued operations are presented separately in the statement of profit or loss.

(a) Segments

(i) Textile Segment

On 26 August 2021, CIEL Textile Limited (CTL) entered a strategic partnership with the SOCOTA group in Madagascar to combine over 90 years of woven fabric expertise. The partnership involves a significant change in the operations of Consolidated Fabric Limited (CFL), whose assets and liabilities have been stated as 'assets classified as held for sale' and 'liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale' respectively. It is also important to note that a regeneration project will be conducted on the existing sites of CFL to ensure that new activities are developed in the region.

(ii) Healthcare Segment

With effect from 13 May 2021, International Air Ambulance Limited, a subsidiary of the International Medical Group Ltd, disposed its insurance book and related medical insurance business. An analysis of the result of discontinued operations are as follows