Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT Annual Report 2020

AL-`AQAR HEALTHCARE REIT Annual Report 2020 104 REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OPINION We have audited the financial statements of Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT (the “Fund”), which comprise the statements of financial position as at 31 December 2020 of the Group and of the Fund, and statements of comprehensive income, statements of changes in net asset value and statements of cash flows of the Group and of the Fund for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, as set out on pages 108 to 156. In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group and of the Fund as at 31 December 2020, and of their financial performance and their cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with Malaysian Financial Reporting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards and the requirements of the Securities Commission’s Guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trusts in Malaysia. BASIS FOR OPINION We conducted our audit in accordance with approved standards on auditing in Malaysia and International Standards on Auditing. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion. INDEPENDENCE AND OTHER ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES We are independent of the Group and of the Fund in accordance with the By-Laws (on Professional Ethics, Conduct and Practice) of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (“By- Laws”) and the International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including International Independence Standards) (“IESBA Code”), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the By-Laws and the IESBA Code. KEY AUDIT MATTERS Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the Group and of the Fund for the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements of the Group and of the Fund as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis of our audit opinion on the accompanying financial statements. Valuation of Investment Properties The Group and the Fund adopt fair value model for their investment properties. As at 31 December 2020, the carrying amount of the Group’s and the Fund’s investment properties is RM1,534,501,049 and RM1,446,376,199 respectively, which represents 93% and 88% of the Group’s and the Fund’s total assets respectively. We have identified this as an important area of our audit given the significance of the investment properties and the complex valuation method which is based on assumptions that are highly judgemental. Our audit procedures focused on the valuations performed by independent professional valuers, which included, amongst others, the following procedures: • We considered the objectivity, independence and expertise of the independent professional valuers; Independent Auditors’ Report to the Unitholders of Al-`Aqar Healthcare REIT