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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

31st March 2018

2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

2.26 Dividend distribution

Dividend distribution to the Company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the Group’s
and the Company’s financial statements in the period in which the dividends are approved by the
Company’s shareholders or directors, where appropriate.

3 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange
risk, cash flow and fair value interest rate risk), credit risk and liquidity risk.

Risk management is carried out by the Group’s treasury function. The Group adopts a conservative and
balanced treasury policy which focuses on the financial risks factors as below and seeks to minimise
potential adverse effects on the Group’s financial performance.

3.1 Financial risk factors

(a) Market risk

(i) Foreign exchange risk

The Group’s transactions are mainly denominated in HKD, United States dollars
(“USD”), Renminbi (“RMB”) and New Taiwan dollars (“NTD”). The majority of assets and
liabilities are denominated in HKD, USD, RMB, NTD and Great British Pound (“GBP”),
and there are no significant assets and liabilities denominated in other currencies.

Since HKD is pegged to USD, the Group does not have significant currency risks and it
is the Group’s policy not to engage in speculative activities. The Group has not entered
into any contracts to hedge its exposure for foreign exchange risk.

At 31st March 2018, if RMB had strengthened/weakened by 10% against HKD with all
other variables held constant, post-tax loss (2017: profit) for the year would have been
approximately HK$6,010,000 lower/higher (2017: HK$6,397,000 higher/lower), mainly
as a result of the net foreign exchange differences on translation of RMB denominated
cash and bank balances and other payables.

At 31st March 2018, if NTD had strengthened/weakened by 10% against HKD with all
other variables held constant, post-tax loss (2017: profit) for the year would have been
approximately HK$694,000 lower/higher (2017: HK$255,000 higher/lower), mainly as a
result of the net foreign exchange differences on translation of NTD denominated cash
and bank balances, trade and other receivables and other payables.

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