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As PBDEs tended to accumulate in fat, the public should consume low fat food, discard fat from meat and meat product, reduce the use of food made from animal fat and adopt low fat cooking methods.

(D) A certificate or report by the Auditors as to whether or not the Subscription Right Reserve is required to be established and maintained and if so the amount thereof so required to be established and maintained, as to the purposes for which the Subscription Right Reserve has been used, as to the extent to which it has been used to make good losses of the Company, as to the additional nominal amount of shares required to be allotted to exercising warrantholders credited as fully paid, and as to any other matter concerning the Subscription Right Reserve shall (in the absence of manifest error) be conclusive and binding upon the Company and all warrantholders and shareholders.

It is therefore important for the industry to continue closely monitor the manufacturing process, identify potentially problematic conditions and develop methods that would prevent or reduce the formation of EC and maintain EC contamination at the lowest level possible during processing and storage.

Loans and receivables and financial liabilities (other than those classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss) are measured initially at their fair value and net of directly attributable transaction costs.

Those members who were opposed to the extension of cooling-off arrangements to all products and services took the view that cooling-off period would not be applicable to every industry, and that it might slow down economic activities and growth, or even lower the competitiveness and creativity of the market.

A financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired and impairment losses are incurred only if there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset (a ‘loss event’) and that loss event (or events) has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset or group of financial assets that can be reliably estimated.

As the premium payable under the Basic Policy is to be reduced by 25%, the same percentage of Units in Investment Option A will have to be taken out from the Initial Unit Account.

This was attributable to a combination of factors, including the increase in revenue contributions by most of the business segments with continuing volume growth, subsidies granted by government and the decrease in general and administrative expenses as a result of the implementation of cost cutting measures which are partially offset by the decrease in gross profit contributions.

(e) cancel any shares which, at the date of the passing of the resolution, have not been taken, or agreed to be taken, by any person, and diminish the amount of its capital by the amount of the shares so cancelled or, in the case of shares, without par value, diminish the number of shares into which its capital is divided.

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The term in excess of three years is beneficial to the Company because (i) any term shorter than the License Term and the Secondary Trademark License Term would increase the risks associated with, and lower the returns on, the Group’s investment in its brand building of the Philips Contributed Business; (ii) following Completion, the Group is expected to invest substantial management effort to broaden the Philips Contributed Business’ product range and market share, the benefits of which will extend beyond three years; and (iii) it is the intention of the Company to strengthen the Philips Contributed Business and the presence of the Philips Trademarks and the Secondary Trademark in the markets in which the Scope Products are sold.

When the fair value of unlisted equity securities cannot be reliably measured because (a) the variability in the range of reasonable fair value estimates is significant for that investment or (b) the probabilities of the various estimates within the range cannot be reasonably assessed and used in estimating fair value, such securities are stated at cost less any impairment losses.

113.2 If at any general meeting at which a Director retires, the office(s) of the retiring Director(s) are not filled up the retiring Director(s) may continue in office until the annual general meeting in the next year, and so on from year to year unless the number shall be reduced as aforesaid or unless the Company at the annual general meeting shall resolve that a retiring Director shall not remain in office.

Subsequent to initial recognition, loans and receivables (including trade and other receivables, deposit paid for acquisition of a subsidiary, pledged bank deposits and bank balances and cash) are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any identified impairment losses (see accounting policy on impairment loss on financial assets below).

The objective evidence which indicates impairment of financial assets represents events actually occurring after initial recognition of financial assets which have an impact on financial assets’ estimated future cash flows, and such impact can be reliably measured.

The Directors also propose to effect the Capital Reduction after the Share Consolidation under which the then nominal value of the Shares in the capital of the Company will be reduced from HK$0.10 each to HK$0.01 each by way of a reduction of capital pursuant to Section 46 of the Companies Act such that the issued share capital of the Company will be reduced from an amount of HK$89,645,495.90 to HK$8,964,549.59.

The continuing Directors or a sole continuing Director may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board but, if and so long as the number of Directors is reduced below the minimum number fixed by or in accordance with these Bye-laws, the continuing Directors or Director, notwithstanding that the number of Directors is below the number fixed by or in accordance with these Bye-laws as the quorum or that there is only one continuing Director, may act for the purpose of filling vacancies in the Board or of summoning general meetings of the Company but not for any other purpose.

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You may enquire your vested balance online, but please be noted that your final benefit entitlement will be subject to the reason of termination of employment reported by your employer, any offset of long service payment or severance payment or other deduction as well as the unit prices of funds at the time the payment or transfer of benefits is processed.

The decrease in gearing ratio is mainly due to net proceeds of the disposals of investment properties, other properties, plant and equipment and jointly controlled entities.

If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of a debt instrument classified as available-for-sale increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised in profit or loss, the impairment loss is reversed through the income statement.

Besides, in terms of various kinds of public policies, another survey in late April showed that, among the 25 issues, the 11 issues which people are most concerned with, in the priority from 1 to 10, are 1) increasing job opportunities and alleviating the unemployment problem, 2) lifting the leading ability of the government, 3) improving air quality, 4) improving public health mechanism, 5) poverty problem, 6) improving relations between the executive and legislative branches, 7) implementing small-class teaching in primary schools, 8) reforming the CSSA system. 9) re-developing old districts, 10) setting up a centralized slaughtering system for poultry and "up and down" bus fare adjustment mechanism.

(vii) in the event of a capitalisation of profits or reserves, rights issue, sub-division or consolidation of Shares or reduction of capital of the Company whilst an option remains exercisable or the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme, the number or nominal amount of Shares to which the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme or any option relates and/or the subscription price of the option concerned and/or the number of Shares comprised in an option granted under the PreIPO Share Option Scheme is subject to adjustments on terms similar to that of the Share Option Scheme as referred to in paragraph 14 (a)(xxiv) below, except that sub-paragraph (dd) of paragraph 14 (a)(xxiv) is not applicable to the Pre-IPO Share Option Scheme and options granted thereunder.

Evidence of impairment may include indications that a debtor or a group of debtors is experiencing significant financial difficulty, default or delinquency in interest or principal payments, the probability that they will enter bankruptcy or other financial reorganisation and observable data indicating that there is a measurable decrease in the estimated future cash flows, such as changes in arrears or economic conditions that correlate with defaults.

The estimates and assumptions that have a significant effect on the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities include those related to investment properties, impairment of assets, income taxes and retirement benefit obligations.

Operating expenses increased, though to a lesser extent than revenues, due to higher systems implementation and processing costs and wage inflation, partly offset by reduced average staff numbers as we continued to implement programmes to improve efficiency across our operations.

For financial assets measured at amortised cost, if, in a subsequent period, the amount of impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment losses was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed through profit or loss to the extent that the carrying amount of the asset at the date the impairment is reversed does not exceed what the amortised cost would have been had the impairment not been recognised.