(2)In April 2009, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published Improvements to International Financial Reporting Standards, hereinafter ‘the Improvements to IFRSs’, in the framework of its annual improvement process which aims at streamlining and clarifying the international accounting standards. Majority of the amendments are clarifications or corrections of existing IFRSs or amendments consequential to changes previously made to IFRS. Amendments to IFRS 8, IAS 17, IAS 36, IAS 39 involve changes to the existing requirements or additional guidance on the implementation of those requirements.