Accountability and Audit

Financial Reporting

The Board aims to present a clear and meaningful assessment of the Company’s financial positions and their reports to the shareholders, investors and regulatory authorities. This assessment is primarily provided in the annual financial statements, quarterly result announcements as well as the Chairman’s statement and review of the operations in the annual report.

The Board, assisted by the Audit Committee, ensures that in presenting the financial statements and quarterly announcements, the Group has used appropriate accounting policies, consistently applied and supported by reasonable and prudent judgements and estimates.

Responsibility Statement

The Board is required by the Companies Act, 1965 to ensure that financial statements prepared for each financial year give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the results of the Group and of the Company for the financial year then ended.

In discharging their responsibilities, the Directors, with the assistance of the Audit Committee:

• Reviewed the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and consistency in its application;

• Ensured accounting and other records are properly kept to enable the preparation of financial statements with reasonable accuracy;

• Reviewed the presentation of the financial statements with the external auditors to ensure that the financial statements are prepared in accordance with the approved accounting standards, the provision of the Companies Act, 1965 and the Listing Requirements of the Bursa Securities;

• Ensured the financial statements presents a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and of the Company at the end of financial year, their results and cash flows for the financial year;

• Ensured accounting estimates included in the financial statements are reasonable and prudent; and

• Ensured adequate system of internal control is in place to safeguard the interest of the Group through prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Internal Control

The Board acknowledges its responsibility for establishing a sound system of internal control to safeguard shareholders’ investment and Group’s assets, and to provide reasonable assurances on the reliability of the financial statements. In addition, equal priority is given to financial controls, operational and compliance controls as well as risk management. While the internal control system is devised to cater for particular needs of the Group and the risk, such controls by their nature can only provide reasonable assurance but not absolute assurance against unintended material misstatement or loss.

The Group has in place an on-going process for identifying, evaluating, monitoring and managing the significant risks affecting the Group. The Board reviews the adequacy and integrity of the Group’s system of internal controls on a continuous basis.

Relationship with the Auditor

The Company maintains a transparent relationship with the auditors in seeking their professional advice and towards ensuring compliance with the accounting standards.