notes to the financial statements - Investor Relations
notes to the financial statements - Investor Relations
notes to the financial statements - Investor Relations
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT<br />
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2011<br />
Annual Report 2011<br />
Nei<strong>the</strong>r at <strong>the</strong> end of, nor at any time during <strong>the</strong> <strong>financial</strong> year, was <strong>the</strong> Company a party <strong>to</strong> any arrangement whose objects are,<br />
or one of whose objects is, <strong>to</strong> enable <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>rs of <strong>the</strong> Company <strong>to</strong> acquire benefits by means of <strong>the</strong> acquisition of shares in or<br />
debentures of <strong>the</strong> Company or any o<strong>the</strong>r body corporate.<br />
During <strong>the</strong> <strong>financial</strong> year, <strong>the</strong> Company paid professional fees amounting <strong>to</strong> $124,903 <strong>to</strong> a firm in which a direc<strong>to</strong>r of <strong>the</strong> Company,<br />
Jimmy Yim Wing Kuen, is a member. However, <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r has nei<strong>the</strong>r received nor become entitled <strong>to</strong> receive benefits arising out<br />
of <strong>the</strong>se transactions o<strong>the</strong>r than those which he is ordinarily entitled <strong>to</strong> as a member of <strong>the</strong> professional firm.<br />
Except for <strong>the</strong> above and salaries, bonuses and fees and those benefits disclosed in Note 36 <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>financial</strong> <strong>statements</strong>, since <strong>the</strong><br />
end of <strong>the</strong> last <strong>financial</strong> year, no direc<strong>to</strong>r has received or become entitled <strong>to</strong> receive, a benefit by reason of a contract made by <strong>the</strong><br />
Company or a related corporation with <strong>the</strong> direc<strong>to</strong>r, or with a firm of which he is a member, or with a company in which he has a<br />
substantial <strong>financial</strong> interest.<br />
SHARE OPTIONS<br />
During <strong>the</strong> <strong>financial</strong> year, <strong>the</strong>re were:<br />
(i) no options granted by <strong>the</strong> Company or its subsidiaries <strong>to</strong> any person <strong>to</strong> take up unissued shares in <strong>the</strong> Company or its<br />
subsidiaries; and<br />
(ii) no shares issued by virtue of any exercise of option <strong>to</strong> take up unissued shares of <strong>the</strong> Company or its subsidiaries.<br />
As at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> <strong>financial</strong> year, <strong>the</strong>re were no unissued shares of <strong>the</strong> Company or its subsidiaries under option.<br />
AUDIT COMMITTEE<br />
The members of <strong>the</strong> Audit Committee at <strong>the</strong> date of this report are:<br />
Jimmy Yim Wing Kuen (Chairman)<br />
Liao Chung Lik<br />
Tan Wee Liang<br />
The Audit Committee performs <strong>the</strong> functions specified by section 201B of <strong>the</strong> Companies Act, <strong>the</strong> SGX Listing Manual, <strong>the</strong> Code of<br />
Corporate Governance and <strong>the</strong> Best Practices Guide of <strong>the</strong> Singapore Exchange.<br />
The Audit Committee has held 4 meetings since <strong>the</strong> last direc<strong>to</strong>rs’ report. In performing its functions, <strong>the</strong> Audit Committee met with<br />
<strong>the</strong> Company’s external and internal audi<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> discuss <strong>the</strong> scope of <strong>the</strong>ir work, <strong>the</strong> results of <strong>the</strong>ir examination and evaluation of<br />
<strong>the</strong> Company’s internal accounting control system.<br />
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