contents Corporate Information 2 Corporate Structure 3 Financial Highlights 4 Directors’ Profile 5 Significant Events 8 Corporate Social Responsibility 12 Chairman’s Statement 16 Corporate Governance Statement 19 Audit Committee Report 33 Statement on Risk Management and Internal Control 37 Financial Statements 40 List of Properties 106 Analysis of Shareholdings 107 Notice of Eighth Annual General
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and political activist (Roberts, 2013).” He also was a self proclaimed liberal, pacifist, and socialist. However, he did admit he had never been any of the previous, with any profound impact. During the 20 century, Russell was preeminent in the founding of analytic philosophy and is touted as a premier logician of his time. Russell exuded great influence over “logic, mathematics, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science, and philosophy, especially philosophy
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Sedition, rebellion, and uprisings: historically, the most volatile threats to establishment. Because a nation's Achilles’ heel lies within itself rather than in the hands of its adversaries, our founding fathers emphasized the significance of a consolidation of power between a government and its people. In order to accomplish this mission, America's forebear's assembled the constitution along with the Bill of Rights in order to not only protect the masses from despotism, but also to protect the
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The Missing Piece of the American Revolution A small band of men sparked one of the most pivotal moments in American independence with a slight tip of a crate. On December 16, 1773, three British ships stocked with tea remained docked in the main port of Boston, Massachusetts. Local, agitated colonists demanded that the ships return to Britain without payment of a duty fee. A Collector of Customs denied the ships’ release until the colonists paid the charge. The stalemate culminated in a small
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government where each branch had clear cut rules on what they could and could not do. This idea of a separation of government, or a government that was for the people would be perpetuated by other philosophers throughout the Enlightenment era. The founding fathers sought to create the United States government in the same way. Each branch is empowered with distinct powers. The government is set up this way in order to prevent abuse of power. Each branch is able to exercise a form of control over each
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Christian Llerena BUS 200 Dr. Lasher 3/19/12 The Electoral College is defined as “a body of electors chosen by the voters of each state to elect the President and Vice President of the United States”. The Electoral College system has been a staple in the United States since the ratification of The Constitution, however there is much debate on whether it should remain or be done away with completely. In this essay, I will give a brief history on the Electoral College, how it works, and why
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Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was a very important and key person in the founding and early stages of the United States. His place in American history and the founding of America is quite permanent, many events of his personal life are much more controversial. Thomas Jefferson accomplished many things in his time as president of the United States. Firstly, though not truly an accomplishment, Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in the newly build Washington D.C.2,5 In his
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Ever since the formation of the U.S., Americans have been striving to achieve the nation’s founding ideals. After traveling a long, rugged road, the citizens have moved very close to that point in which their country can show that it truly is a nation of freedom and equality. Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. are among those individuals whose actions enabled the country to come so far. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and King’s “I Have a Dream” were crucial pieces of literature that helped
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no matter their opinion and that is agreeable to certain extent. The Bill of Rights is one of the nations essential founding documents added to the constitution in 1791. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the constitution that limit the power of the United Stated federal government and itemizes fundamental rights and liberties provided to the people. The Founding fathers wanted to create a strong national government in which its citizens were able to have a voice in what goes on
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do not need to believe in a god to have morals you just need to be virtuous. The Founding Fathers wanted to have a nation that was run on a religious base but they did not want to limit that religion to any one kind allowing everyone to have their own beliefs. The Founders wanted to have religion as an integral part of the political system and as Michael Novak quotes George Washington in Faith and American Founding, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion
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