We
have audited the accompanying balance sheets
of China Motor Corporation as of December 31,
2007 and 2006, and the related statements of
income, changes in stockholders’ equity and
cash flows for the years then ended. These
financial statements are the responsibility
of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility
is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audits. However, we
did not audit the financial statements of (a)
DaimlerChrysler Vans Hong Kong Ltd., Shung
Ye Motors Corporation, Fu Yu Venture Capital
Investment Corporation and Uni Auto Parts Manufacture
Co., Ltd. as of and for the year ended December
31, 2007 and (b) Shung Ye Motors Corporation,
Uni Auto Parts Manufacture Co., Ltd. and Fu
Yu Venture Capital Investment as of and for
the year ended December 31, 2006, in which
the Company had equity-method investments,
as shown in the accompanying financial statements.
These investments were 2.7% (NT$1,543,508 thousand)
and 1.4% (NT$809,151 thousand) of the Corporation’s
total assets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. The Corporation’s equity in their
net loss amounted to NT$79,276 thousand in
2007 and equity in their net gain amounted
to NT$3,809 thousand in 2006, or 4.4% and 0.1%,
respectively, of the Corporation’s operating
income before tax. These investees’ financial
statements were audited by other auditors,
whose reports have been furnished to us and
our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts
included for these investees, is based solely
on the reports of the other auditors.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the Rules
Governing the Audit of Financial Statements by Certified
Public Accountants and auditing standards generally
accepted in the Republic of China. Those rules and
standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management,
as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits and the reports
of the other auditors provide a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
In our opinion, based on our audits and the reports
of the other auditors, the financial statements referred
to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of China Motor Corporation as
of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the years then ended,
in conformity with the Guidelines Governing the Preparation
of Financial Reports by Securities Issuers, requirements
of the Business Accounting Law and Guidelines Governing
Business Accounting relevant to financial accounting
standards, and accounting principles generally accepted
in the Republic of China.
As more fully discussed in Note 3 to the financial
statements, effective January 1, 2006, China Motor
Corporation adopted the newly released Statements of
Financial Accounting Standards (“Statements” or SFAS)
No. 34 - “Accounting for Financial Instruments” and
No. 36 - “Disclosure and Presentation of Financial
Instruments” and related revisions of previously released
Statements. The Corporation also adopted on January
1, 2006 SFAS No. 5 - “Long-term Investments under the
Equity Method” and No. 25 - “Business Combinations.” It
earlier adopted SFAS No. 37 - “Intangible Assets” on
October 1, 2006.
We have also audited the consolidated financial statements
of China Motor Corporation and subsidiaries as of and
for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 and
have expressed a modified unqualified opinion on those
statements in our report (not presented herewith) dated
March 12, 2008.
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