HKAS 31 is based on IAS 31
Interests in Joint Ventures
. In approving HKAS 31, the Council of the Hong
Kong Institute of Certified
Public Accountants considered and agreed with the IASB’s
B
asis for
C
onclusions on IAS 31. Accordingly, there are no significant differences between HKAS 31 and IAS 31.
The IASB’s
B
asis for
C
onclusions is reproduced below. The paragraph numbers of IAS 3
1 referred to
below generally correspond with those in HKAS 31