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Audit Committee Overview
The members of the Audit Committee as at the date of this report are as follows:
Strategy
Kua Hong Pak, independent non-executive director (Chairman);
Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE, independent non-executive director; Performance
Lim Ming Seong, non-executive director; and
Teo Ek Tor, independent non-executive director. Governance
The Audit Committee has held four meetings since the last directors’ report. In performing its functions in accordance with Section Financials
201B of the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 50, the Audit Committee met with the Company’s external and internal auditors to
discuss the scope of their work, the results of their examination and evaluation of the Company’s internal accounting control system.
The Audit Committee has also reviewed the following:
(1) assistance provided by the Company’s officers to the internal and external auditors;
(2) financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries prior to their submission to the directors of the Company for adoption;
and
(3) interested person transactions (as defined in Chapter 9 of the Listing Manual of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading
Limited) of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Company’s compliance with the review procedures of such transactions.
The Audit Committee has full access to management and is given the resources required for it to discharge its functions. It has full
authority and the discretion to invite any director or executive officer to attend its meetings. The Audit Committee also recommends the
appointment of the external auditors and reviews the level of audit and non-audit fees.
The Audit Committee has undertaken a review of all non-audit services provided by the external auditors, and is satisfied with the
independence and objectivity of the external auditors and has recommended to the Board of Directors that KPMG LLP be nominated for
re-appointment as auditors at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Auditors
The auditors, KPMG LLP, have expressed their willingness to accept re-appointment.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Tan Guong Ching Tan Tong Hai
Director Director
Singapore
25 February 2015
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