As detailed in note 8 to the financial statements,the company has not prepared consolidated financial statements in accordance with the requirements of international accounting standard 27 “consolidated and separate financial statements ” promulgated by the international accounting standards board .in our opinion,there is insufficient information concerning the subsidiaries in these financial statements togive a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group as at 31 december 2007 and of the results and cash flows of the group as a whole .it is not practicable to quantify the effects of the departure from these requirements.