Prospective CPA e-newsletter


	CPA Source
	CPA Survey 2005
	Examination Matters
	Training and Social Functions
	Practical Experience
	Olympian Events for CPAs
	Upcoming Prospective CPA Events Calendar

CPA Source" is a free online service to connect to your potential employers. As a new service hosted for the first time by the Institute for its CPA members and registered students, CPA Source offers an easy and convenient way to find your next job. To sign up for this free service, you are invited to spend a moment to pre-register now. Click here for registration details.

The Institute has recently released a major study, "CPA Survey 2005: The Pull from the North". The survey, which was carried out during July and August 2005, involved questioning nearly 3,000 Institute members and 100 business leaders. The findings show the Mainland's demand for Hong Kong accountants is strong and getting stronger, and that China's emergence as a global superpower is the biggest issue facing our members today. The survey also probed which areas of specialization are seeing a shortage, salaries, demand for specific accountancy skills, etc.

Find out more about this exciting survey to identify how you are doing. Click here to see full details of the survey report and accompanying press release.

Special Consideration for QP Workshops

A candidate may offer an explanation for non-attendance at a QP workshop so that their marks may be adjusted. Any such request for special consideration (with supporting documents) must reach the Director of Student Education & Training within two weeks from the date of absence.

The Institute will consider each requests and circumstances may be taken into account by the Institute's Examinations Board when finalising the candidate's marks. To ensure consistency, the Examinations Board is the only body empowered to decide whether or not marks will be adjusted.

QP Learning Support Centre

You are encouraged to read the QP Learning Support Centre Notice Board regularly. This board is used to post important announcements and updates on examination-related information.

To strengthen students' technical knowledge, some useful technical articles, together with the hyperlinks to the Big 4 firms' online technical resources, have been posted on the QP Learning Support Centre. These resources, together with the webcast technical update seminars on the four QP modules and the final professional examinations, are available for free.

Please click here to view these useful resources.

New Release of Question & Answer (Q&A) Booklets

New CPA QP Q&A booklets for Modules B and D (February 2005 Session) and final professional examination (June 2005 Session) are now available for sale at the Institute's reception desk. The booklets cost HK$45 each. Students enjoy free online access to these Q&A booklets at the CPA QP learning support centre. The Q&A booklets are also available at Institute library.

Awards and Graduation Ceremony 2005

On 12 September, the Institute conferred certificates to 349 students who passed the final professional examination for its qualification programme. At a ceremony officiated by guest-of-honour Dr The Hon. David Li Kwok-po, Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia, guests also witnessed the award of merits and scholarships to 59 top accounting students from 12 universities and educational institutions.

Click to view the press release and ceremony highlights.

Examination Assistance Courses for Sept 2005 CPA QP Modules B & D

The Institute will offer an examination assistance course for candidates sitting the CPA QP Modules B & D in December 2005. Click here for more information.

Final Professional Examination Assistance Seminars

The Institute is organising four FPE examination assistance seminars on 5 & 12 November 2005. Speakers will lead candidates through a list of special topics designated for the FPE (Dec 2005 diet) and use latest examination past papers as illustrations to help candidates brush up their case analysis skills. Click here for more details.

Training Functions

Date	Programmes
15 & 22 Oct 2005	Workshop on "Analysing Financial Statements"
17 Oct 2005	Seminar on "Legal Issues Relating to the Land Use Right and Real Estate in the Mainland 內地土地使用權及房地產有關之法律認識"
18 Oct 2005	Seminar on "How to Prepare a Listing from an Accountant's Perspective"
5 Nov 2005	Seminar on "PRC Taxation Overviews and Significant Updates" FPE Assistance Seminar - Financial Reporting FPE Assistance Seminar - Auditing and Information Management
12 Nov 2005	FPE Assistance Seminar - Taxation FPE Assistance Seminar - Financial Management and Case Analysis Skills

Student Social Activities

Following the first "Happy Hour" social gathering held in August 2005, the Institute's Student Services Committee has the pleasure to invite registered students and workshop facilitators to a barbecue at Hong Kong Riding Skills Academy in this December. Please don't miss this opportunity to network with members of the Institute, workshop facilitators and your peers. Click here for application details.

List of Authorised Employers / Authorised Supervisors

Council has recently approved 38 applications for registration as Authorised Employers and 61 applications for Authorised Supervisors. Click here for the list of newly registered Authorised Employers and Authorised Supervisors.

A full list of all Authorised Employers and Authorised Supervisors is accessible at the Institute's homepage.

Authorised Employer /Authorised Supervisor Registration

Following the Institute's signing of a new Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with CPA Australia (CPAA) that took effect from 1 July 2005, the latter has now adopted the Institute Authorised Employer / Authorised Supervisor Practical Experience Framework for meeting their practical experience requirement for membership admission. CPAA members of at least three years' standing are now eligible to register as an Authorised Supervisor or Counselor of an Authorised Employer provided they can fulfill the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs membership requirements under the old and new MRAs. You can refer to the Authorised Employer / Authorised Supervisor application forms (Form AEMP & Form ASUP) on the Institute's homepage for further details.

If you are not yet working under an Authorised Employer or an Authorised Supervisor, please urge your employer or supervisor to register as an Authorised Employer or an Authorised Supervisor before 31 December 2005. Once they have registered, your relevant experience acquired from 1 January 2005 can be recognised for membership admission purposes.

The 17th World Congress of Accountants, co-orgnised by International Federation of Accountants, will be held in November 2006 in Istanbul. The congress features major concerns for the global profession, and is held every four years. The previous congress was successfully hosted by the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs in 2002.

Taking place in conjunction with the IFAC congress will be the 10th World Congress of Accounting Educators, which is co-organised by the International Association of Accounting Education and Research, of which the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs is a corporate member.

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7-9 Oct 2005	-	Modules B & D – 1st Workshops
15 & 22 Oct 2005	-	Workshop on "Analysing Financial Statements"
17 Oct 2005	-	Seminar on "Legal Issues Relating to the Land Use Right and Real Estate in the Mainland 內地土地使用權及房地產有關之法律認識"
18 Oct 2005	-	Seminar on "How to Prepare a Listing from an Accountant's Perspective"
23 Oct-13 Nov	-	FPE Revision Course
28-30 Oct 2005	-	Modules B & D – 2nd Workshops
1- 24 Nov 2005	-	Examination Assistance Course for Modules B & D
5 Nov 2005	- - -	Seminar on "PRC Taxation Overviews and Significant Updates" FPE Assistance Seminar - Financial Reporting FPE Assistance Seminar - Auditing and Information Management
12 Nov 2005	- -	FPE Assistance Seminar - Taxation FPE Assistance Seminar - Financial Management and Case Analysis Skills
18-20 Nov 2005	-	Modules B & D – 3rd Workshops
29 Nov 2005	-	Announcement of examination results for Module A & C (May 2005 intake)

Members of the Student Services Committee

Dr Stella Cho	Associate Professor, School of Accounting and Finance, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Chairperson)
Ms Amy Chow	Director, Financial Intelligence Training Limited (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Nelson Lam	CPA, Nelson & Company (Deputy Chairperson)
Mr Vincent Hoe	Chief Financial Officer, Jiwa Bio Pharm Holdings Limited
Ms Helen Hsu	Partner, Assurance & Advisory Business Services, Ernst & Young
Ms Ruth Kung	Director, Learning & Education, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr Wilson Kwok	Partner, Lam Kwok Kwan & Cheng CPA Limited
Ms C. K. Lam	Tax Manager, Tax Department, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Mrs Richa Lath	Assistant Manager, Training Department, KPMG
Dr Peter Lau	Associate Professor, Department of Accountancy & Law, Hong Kong Baptist University
Dr Richard S. Simmons	Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting & Finance, Lingnan University
Mr Thomas Wong	Director of China Program Development and Adjunct Associate Professor in Accounting, School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dr Joseph Yau	Senior Programme Director, SPACE, the University of Hong Kong
Mr David Yip	Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Accountancy, City University of Hong Kong
Mr Eric Chu	CPA QP Student Representative

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