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Annual Report 2011 - Hysan Development Company Limited

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Internal Controls and<br />

Risk Management<br />

Currently, the key features of our system of internal controls include:<br />

– Strategic and business planning: each business unit produces and obtains Board<br />

approval on a business plan each year, against which its performance is regularly<br />

monitored. Targets for a wide variety of key performance indicators are set. There is a<br />

Schedule of Matters Reserved for the Full Board to cover all major policies and directions<br />

of the Group. (See the separate Corporate Governance <strong>Report</strong> for details)<br />

– Investment appraisal: capital projects are reviewed in detail and approved by the Chief<br />

Executive Officer, or the Board where appropriate, in accordance with delegated authority<br />

limits.<br />

– Financial monitoring: profitability, cash flow and capital expenditure are closely monitored<br />

and key financial information is reported to the Board on a regular basis, including<br />

explanations of variances between actual and budgeted performance.<br />

– Systems of control procedures and delegated authorities: there are clearly defined<br />

guidelines and approval limits for capital and operating expenditure and other key<br />

business transactions and decisions.<br />

Risk Assessment<br />

Specify Corporate<br />

Objectives<br />

2012 focus: further<br />

Refine corporate<br />

objectives based on<br />

changes potentially<br />

impacting the<br />

business<br />

enhancement of risk identification and assessment process<br />

Identify and<br />

analyse risks<br />

to achievement<br />

of<br />

corporate<br />

objectives<br />

Monitoring<br />

• Internal audit function<br />

• Oversight by Board and<br />

Audit Committee<br />

• 2012 focus: more<br />

frequent and<br />

structured reporting to<br />

Audit Committee and<br />

Board<br />

Determine<br />

impact of such<br />

identified risks on<br />

the achievement<br />

of corporate<br />

objectives<br />

Continuous Improvement<br />

<strong>Hysan</strong>’s internal controls<br />

system:<br />

• is designed to ensure<br />

corporate objectives are<br />

achieved<br />

• has five components that<br />

work together<br />

Information and<br />

Communication<br />

Implement and<br />

operate information<br />

and communication<br />

to support internal<br />

controls<br />

Determine<br />

how each of the<br />

other internal<br />

controls components,<br />

both separately and<br />

together, mitigate<br />

such risks<br />

Control Environment<br />

• Strong tradition of<br />

emphasising good<br />

corporate governance<br />

• Human resources<br />

policies<br />

Control Activities<br />

• Documented key control<br />

policies and processes<br />

• <strong>Annual</strong> review update<br />

of risk registers by<br />

department heads<br />

Determine<br />

Effectiveness<br />

<strong>Hysan</strong>’s internal controls model is based on that set down by COSO<br />

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<strong>Hysan</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong>

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