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ANNUAL REPORT 2015
REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of The Straits Trading Company Limited (the “Company”) and its
subsidiaries (collectively, the “Group”) set out on pages 47 to 159, which comprise the balance sheets of the Group and the
Company as at 31 December 2015, the consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of comprehensive income,
consolidated statement of changes in equity and consolidated cash flow statement of the Group for the year then ended, and a
summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s responsibility for the financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with the
provisions of the Singapore Companies Act, Chapter 50 (the “Act”) and Singapore Financial Reporting Standards, and for devising
and maintaining a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide a reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded
against loss from unauthorised use or disposition; and transactions are properly authorised and that they are recorded as necessary
to permit the preparation of true and fair financial statements and to maintain accountability of assets.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance
with Singapore Standards on Auditing. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of
the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control
relevant to the entity’s preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal
control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
For the financial year ended 31 December 2015
To the Members of The Straits Trading Company Limited
