Annual Report 2007

Annual Report 2007 年報 47 All issues raised by the Audit Committee have been addressed by management. The work and findings of the Committee have been reported to the Board. During the year, no issues have been brought to the attention of management and the Board had sufficient importance to require disclosure in the Annual Report. Full minutes of Audit Committee meetings are kept by the Company Secretary. Drafts and final versions of minutes of the Audit Committee meetings are sent to all members of the Audit Committee for their comments and record respectively, in both cases within a reasonable time after the meeting. The Audit Committee is provided with sufficient resources, including the advice of external auditors, to discharge its duties. The principal roles and functions of the Audit Committee include: (a) to consider and recommend to the Board on the appointment, re- appointment and removal of external auditors, and to approve their remuneration, and any question of their resignation and dismissal; (b) to review and monitor the integrity of the financial statements of the Group together with the Company’s interim and Annual Report; (c) to maintain an appropriate relationship with the Group’s external auditors; and (d) to oversee the Group’s financial control and internal control. During the year ended 31 December 2007, the Audit Committee met twice. The Audit Committee has reviewed the Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2007, external auditor’s remuneration, internal control system and interim report for the period ended 30 June 2007 at the relevant meetings and recorded unanimous decisions. The Chairman of the Audit Committee has reported to the Board on the proceedings of these meetings. The Board has not taken any view that is different from that of the Audit Committee. Furthermore, another meeting was held on 6 April 2008 to review, inter alia, the Annual Report and financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2007, the report from external auditor on the audit of the Group’s financial statements, the continued non-exempt connected transactions, internal control system review and the re-appointment of external auditor. 審核委員會提出的事項全數交予管理層處理， 而委員會的工作及調查結果則向董事會報告。 年內，向管理層及董事會提出的事宜概非重 大，故毋須在年報披露。審核委員會的會議紀 錄全文由公司秘書保管，而會議紀錄初稿及終 稿已於會議後合理時間內寄發予審核委員會全 體成員，分別供彼等提供意見及作紀錄之用。 審核委員會獲充份調配資源（包括外聘核數師 的意見）履行職責。 審核委員會之主要工作及職能包括下列各項﹕ (a) 考慮有關外聘核數師之委任、續聘及罷 免之事宜，並就此向董事會提供建議， 批准外聘核數師之薪酬，以及處理任何 有關其辭任及罷免之事宜； (b) 審閱及監察本集團財務報表及本公司中 期及年度報告之完整性； (c) 與本集團外聘核數師維持適當關係；及 (d) 監督本集團之財務監控及內部監控。 截至二零零七年十二月三十一日止年度，審核 委員會共舉行兩次會議。會上，審核委員會已 審閱截至二零零七年十二月三十一日止年度之 年報、外聘核數師酬金、內部監控制度及截至 二零零七年六月三十日止期間之中期報告，並 達成一致決定。審核委員會主席已就上述會議 議事程序向董事會作出報告。董事會與審核委 員會之觀點並無分歧。 此外，審核委員會亦於二零零八年四月六日舉 行另一次會議，以審閱（其中包括）本集團截 至二零零七年十二月三十一日止年度之年報及 財務報表、外聘核數師就審核本集團財務報表 所發出報告、持續不獲豁免關連交易、審閱內 部監控制度及續聘外聘核數師事宜。