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May 23, 2000<br />

REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL INDEPENDENT STATEMENTS PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS<br />

The Board of Directors<br />

SPH AsiaOne Ltd<br />

82 Genting Lane<br />

News Centre<br />

Singapore 349567<br />

Dear Sirs<br />

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of SPH AsiaOne Ltd (the “Company”),<br />

comprising the proforma balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, statements of changes in<br />

shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the financial years ended August 31, 1997, 1998, 1999 and<br />

the period from September 1, 1999 to November 30, 1999 and the notes thereto, and the balance<br />

sheet as at February 29, 2000 and profit and loss accounts, statements of changes in shareholders’<br />

equity and cash flows for the period from July 23, 1999 to February 29, 2000 and the notes thereto.<br />

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s directors. Our responsibility is to<br />

express an opinion on these financial statements of the Company based on our audits.<br />

We conducted our audits in accordance with Singapore Standards on Auditing. Those Standards<br />

require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the<br />

financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,<br />

evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes<br />

assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by the directors, as well as<br />

evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable<br />

basis for our opinion.<br />

In our opinion,<br />

(i) the above-mentioned proforma financial statements of the Company, expressed in Singapore<br />

dollars, present fairly, in all material respects, the proforma financial position of the Company<br />

as at August 31, 1997, 1998, 1999 and November 30, 1999, and of the proforma results of the<br />

Company and its proforma changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the financial<br />

years ended August 31, 1997, 1998, 1999 and the period from September 1, 1999 to November<br />

30, 1999, in accordance with the bases set out in Note 2 to the financial statements and in<br />

accordance with Singapore Statements of Accounting Standard; and<br />

(ii) the above-mentioned financial statements of the Company, expressed in Singapore dollars,<br />

present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at February 29,<br />

2000, and of the results of the Company and its changes in shareholders’ equity and cash<br />

flows for the period from July 23, 1999 to February 29, 2000, in accordance with Singapore<br />

Statements of Accounting Standard.<br />

Yours faithfully<br />

ERNST & YOUNG<br />

Certified Public Accountants<br />

(Partner: Kevin Kwok)<br />

Singapore<br />

117<br />

10 Collyer Quay<br />

#21-01 Ocean Building<br />

Singapore 049315<br />

Mail Address:<br />

Robinson Road P O Box 384<br />

Singapore 900734<br />

Telephone: 5357777<br />

Fax: 5327662

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