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AUDITORS REPORT

Deloitte &
    Touche

We have audited the financial statements set out on Statements II to VI. These financial statements are the responsibility of the directors and management.

The directors and management are required to select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently, make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent, follow applicable accounting standards and prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. The directors and management are responsible for keeping proper accounting records, for safeguarding the assets of the company, and for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with standards on auditing generally accepted in Jamaica. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary to provide us with reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free of material misstatements.

An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. It also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by directors and management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statements presentation. We believe our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Statement I.2 In our opinion, proper accounting records have been kept and the financial statements, which are in agreement therewith, present fairly in all material respects the state of the company’s affairs as at March 31, 2000 and of its net loss, changes in equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and have been prepared in accordance with accounting standards generally accepted in Jamaica and comply with the provisions of the Companies Act.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the realisation of assets and the repayment of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. However, the company incurred a net loss of $30.839 billion during the year, and at March 31, 2000, the company’s financial statements show a significant deficiency in assets (see Note 19). 

The company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on the matters as set forth in Note 19. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result if it were unable to do so. In addition the reader’s attention is drawn to the matters described in Note 14(a). 

Our opinion is not qualified in respect of these matters. 

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Chartered Accountants

July 27, 2000

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