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Independent Auditor’s Report to the Council of
The Education University of Hong Kong (Continued) (Incorporated in Hong Kong under The Education University of Hong Kong Ordinance)
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated nancial statements, including the disclosures,
and whether the consolidated nancial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation
- Obtain suf cient appropriate audit evidence regarding the nancial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated nancial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit of the Group. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with the Audit Committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and signi cant audit ndings, including any signi cant de ciencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide the Audit Committee with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence and, where applicable, related safeguards.
KPMG
Certi ed Public Accountants
8th Floor, Prince’s Building 10 Chater Road
Central, Hong Kong
20 October 2017
致香港教育大學校董會(續) (根據《香港教育大學條例》於香港註冊成立)
- 評價綜合財務報表的整體列報方式、結構和內容， 包括披露，以及綜合財務報表是否中肯反映交易和 事項。
- 就貴集團內實體或業務活動的財務信息獲取充足、 適當的審計憑證，以便對綜合財務報表發表意見。 我們負責集團審計的方向、監督和執行。我們為審 計意見承擔全部責任。
除其他事項外，我們與審計委員會溝通了計劃的審計範 圍、時間安排、重大審計發現等，包括我們在審計中識 別出內部控制的任何重大缺陷。
我們還向審計委員會提交聲明，說明我們已符合有關獨 立性的相關專業道德要求，並與他們溝通有可能合理地 被認為會影響我們獨立性的所有關係和其他事項，以及 在適用的情況下，相關的防範措施。
畢馬威會計師事務所
執業會計師
香港中環 遮打道十號 太子大廈八樓
二零一七年十月二十日
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