Annual Report 2008

Annual Report 2008 年報 55 外聘核數師 董事會同意按審核委員會的意見，委聘德勤• ˙ 關 黃陳方會計師行（「德勤」）為本公司二零零九年的 外聘核數師。其對財務報表的申報責任載於本年 報第 74 及 75 頁的獨立核數師報告。二零零八年核 數師酬金數額詳情載於綜合財務報表附註 9 。本公 司亦已向核數師就年內擔任審計申報會計師支付 2,400,000 港元的費用。德勤除了為本集團提供審 計服務外，並沒有對本集團提供其他非審計服務 工作。 德勤會於本公司在二零零九年五月十五日舉行的 股東週年大會退任並願意獲得續聘。審核委員會 建議續聘德勤為本集團外聘核數師，而董事會亦 贊同有關建議，惟須待股東於應屆股東週年大會 批准方可作實。 財務申報 董事負責保存正式會計紀錄，並根據香港財務報 告準則及香港公司條例的披露規定編製可真實反 映本公司及其附屬公司狀況的財務報表。編製截 至二零零八年十二月三十一日止年度的財務報表 時，董事作出審慎合理的判斷和估計，並按持續 一致的基準編製財務報表。 管理層已向董事會提供解釋及資料，使董事會在 審批時可對財務及其他資料作出知情評核。 本公司核數師有關財務報表的責任陳述載於本年 報核數師報告。 EXTERNAL AUDITOR The Board agrees with the Audit Committee’s approval of appointment of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“DTT”) as the Company’s external auditors, for 2009. Their reporting responsibilities on the Financial Statements are set out in the Independent Auditor’s Report of this Annual Report on pages 74 and 75. Details of the amount of auditors’ remuneration in 2008 are set out in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements. The Company has also paid fees amounting to HK$2.4 million to the auditors for audit service as reporting accountants during the year. Apart from providing the audit service to the Group, DTT did not provide any other non-audit services to the Group. DTT will retire and offer themselves for re-appointment at annual general meeting of the Company to be held on 15 May 2009. The re- appointment of DTT as the external auditors of the Group has been recommended by the Audit Committee and endorsed by the Board, subject to approval of shareholders in the forthcoming annual general meeting. FINANCIAL REPORTING The Directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records and preparing the financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries, in accordance with Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards and the disclosure requirements of the Hong Kong Companies Ordinance. In preparing the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2008, the Directors have made judgments and estimates that are prudent and reasonable and prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. Management has provided such explanation and information to the Board as would enable the Board to make an informed assessment of the financial and other information before the Board for approval. The statement by the auditors of the Company about their responsibilities for the financial statements is set out in the report of the auditors contained in this Annual Report.