Contents Corporate Information 2 Biographical Details of Directors and Senior Management 3 Chairman’s Statement 6 Operational Review 11 Ten Year Summary 26 Financial Section 27 Report of the Directors 28 Auditors’ Report 35 Consolidated Profit and Loss Account 36 Consolidated Statement of Recognised Gains and Losses 37 Consolidated Balance Sheet 38 Balance Sheet 39 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement 40 Notes on the Accounts 41 Unaudited Supplementary Financial Information 74 The Local Distribution Network of the Group 82 Please visit our website at http://www.daoheng.com and click into DaoHeng Today and then Interim/annual Results Announcements to view our results. Corporate Information BOARD OF DIRECTORS BRANCH SHARE REGISTRARS Quek Leng Chan — Chairman Central Registration Hong Kong Limited Kwek Leng Hai — Managing Director Shops 1712-6, Randolph Gordon Sullivan 17th Floor, Hopewell Centre, Sat Pal Khattar 183 Queen’s Road East, Hong Kong Kwek Leng San Tung Hsi Hui, Frank REGISTERED ADDRESS Mishal Abdulah Abdulaziz Al Masad Sir Jack Cater Cedar House, 41 Cedar Avenue, Harry Richard Wilkinson Hamilton, HM12, Bermuda Jamal Al-Babtain PRINCIPAL OFFICE COMPANY SECRETARY 11th Floor, The Center, Doris W.N. Wong 99 Queen’s Road Central, (E-mail address:
[email protected]) Hong Kong Telephone : (852) 2218 8899 AUDITORS Fax : (852) 2285 3899 Internet address : http://www.daoheng.com KPMG Telex : HX73345 Certified Public Accountants FINANCIAL CALENDAR Interim results announcement 24th March, 2000 Closure of Register of Members 11th April, 2000 to 14th April, 2000 Interim dividend of HK$0.30 per share paid on 17th April, 2000 Annual results announcement 13th October, 2000 Closure of Register of Members 14th November, 2000 to 20th November, 2000 Annual General Meeting 20th November, 2000 Final dividend of HK$0.90 per share payable on 21st November, 2000 2 Biographical Details of Directors and Senior Management BOARD OF DIRECTORS Quek Leng Chan, aged 57, is the Executive Chairman of Dao Heng Bank Group Limited (“the Company”).