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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Link</strong> Real Estate Investment Trust<br />
85<br />
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements<br />
1 Corporate information<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Link</strong> Real Estate Investment Trust (the “Trust” or “<strong>The</strong> <strong>Link</strong> <strong>REIT</strong>”) is constituted by a trust deed (“Trust Deed”) entered<br />
into on 6 September 2005 (as amended by the First Supplement Deed dated 4 November 2005, the Second Supplemental<br />
Deed dated 8 November 2005, the Third Supplemental Deed dated 16 January 2006 and the Fourth Supplemental Deed<br />
dated 21 November 2006) and is an authorised unit trust under section 104 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> principal activity of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Link</strong> <strong>REIT</strong> and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) is investment in retail and carpark operations<br />
(“RC Operations”) in Hong Kong. <strong>The</strong> address of the registered office of the Manager and the Trustee, HSBC Institutional<br />
Trust Services (Asia) Limited, is 18th Floor, 8 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong, and 1 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong,<br />
respectively.<br />
2 Basis of preparation<br />
<strong>The</strong> consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Hong Kong Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing<br />
Standards (“HKFRS”), the requirements of the Trust Deed and the relevant disclosure requirements as set out in Appendix<br />
C of the Code on Real Estate Investment Trusts issued by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (the “<strong>REIT</strong><br />
Code”). HKFRS is a collective term which includes all applicable Hong Kong Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards, Hong Kong<br />
Accounting Standards (“HKAS”) and Interpretations issued by the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.<br />
<strong>The</strong> consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the<br />
revaluation of investment properties and derivativefinancial instruments, which are stated at fair values as explained in the<br />
significant accounting policies set out in note 3.<br />
<strong>The</strong> preparation of the consolidatedfinancial statements in conformity with HKFRS requires the use of certain critical<br />
accounting estimates. It also requires the Manager to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s<br />
accounting policies. <strong>The</strong> areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and<br />
estimates are significant to the consolidatedfinancial statements, are disclosed in note 4.<br />
For the year ended 31 March <strong>2007</strong>, the Group has adopted all the new standards, amendments to standards and<br />
interpretations that are currently in issue and effective for the Group’s accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April<br />
2006. However, the adoption of these new standards does not have any significant effect on the accounting policies or<br />
results andfinancial position of the Group.<br />
<strong>The</strong> consolidatedfinancial statements are presented in Hong Kong Dollars, which is also the functional currency of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Link</strong><br />
<strong>REIT</strong>.