Prospective CPA e-newsletter

	Practical Experience: Views from the Ground
	Examination Matters
	Student Programme
	Student Matters
	Case Competition in Tsinghua University, Beijing
	Annual Dinner 2006
	Route to Success with QP
	Life in the IPO Highway
	Image Plays Crucial Role in Career Success
	Upcoming Events

Authorised Supervisor: Richard Tse, Yip's Chemical Holdings Limited

While many QP students choose to undertake their training through an authorised employer, there is another route available - through an authorised supervisor. The main way in which supervisor's role differs is that the supervisor is an individual rather than a firm. Richard Tse, a financial controller of a listed company Yip's Chemical Holdings Limited, is a supervisor. His company is a manufacturer and trader of chemical products. Click here for more details.

Examination Results

Examination results for May 2006 session, Modules B & D, will be announced on 2 December 2006. QP candidates who have applied for a student login account may view their results online within two weeks from the official result release date. If you do not have a login account yet, click here for information on how to obtain one.

Examination Regulations

Candidates should read the examination regulations carefully. A full list of regulations is published in the candidate handbook and examination attendance dockets (EADs). The following are some of the examination regulations that candidates must follow strictly:

Reading time (for final examination candidates only)
During the reading time in the final examination, candidates are only allowed to read the questions and plan and organise their answers, such as by jotting down points on the question booklet, flagging the relevant information on the materials brought to the examination hall, etc. Candidates are NOT permitted to organise the answers on rough paper. If you wish to write down any points, it must be done on the question booklet. The writing of answers in the script booklet is NOT allowed until candidates are instructed that they may do so by the examination supervisor.
Use appropriate script booklet
Candidates are required to use the appropriate script booklets to answer respective examination papers, i.e. case answers on the case script booklet, essay / short question answers on the essay / short questions script booklet. Failure to do so may render your examination scripts unmarked.
Write the question numbers clearly
Do not tear the script booklet
Do not use pencil

QP EADs for modules A & C (September 2006 session) and final examination (December 2006 Session)

Important Dates	Procedures	Remarks
From Thursday, 7 December 2006 (for final examination) onwards; and Wednesday, 13 December 2006 (for modules A & C) onwards	Candidates will each receive an EAD from the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA).	Candidates should contact the Institute directly for all enquiries regarding the EADs.
Thursday, 14 December 2006 (for final examination); and Wednesday, 20 December 2006 (for modules A & C) (Registration time: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon)	Candidates who have not received their EADs should contact the Institute to obtain a duplicate copy.	A duplicate copy of the EAD may not be issued to candidates who do not approach the Institute by the cut-off time.
Thursday, 21 December 2006 Wednesday, 27 December 2006	Examinations take place: Final examination Paper I - 9:00 am - 12:30 pm Paper II - 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm Module A 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Module C 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Please call 2287 7046 if you have any questions about the EAD.

Online Examination Assistance Seminars

Examination assistance seminars for Module A - Financial Reporting, Module B - Financial Management, Module C - Auditing and Information Management, and Module D - Taxation were held in October 2006. Webcast videos of the Modules A, B and C seminars are now available free-of-charge at the QP Learning Support Centre.

Insurance Benefits

The Institute has secured group insurance plans for life, medical, dental, household, motor, office and other types of insurance for members and registered students. Click here for details.

Souvenirs from CPA source

Build your success with CPA Source! As a token of appreciation from the Institute, members who have been successful in gaining a new job via CPA Source will receive a souvenir. Simply call 2287 7888 or click here for details.

Congratulation to the great success of the case competition organised during the Youth Elite Accounting Forum held at Tsinghua University, Beijing. The Hong Kong Institute of CPAs, which was the professional adviser for the event, worked together with the Tsinghua Accounting Association in organising the competition held on 29 October 2006. The competition aimed to enhance generic skills of students and encourage discussions between accounting students in the mainland and Hong Kong. The six participating teams mixed mainland and Hong Kong students, and all presented outstanding performances to the competition adjudicators, including, Dr Stella Cho, Chairperson of Student Services Committee and Georgina Chan, Executive Director of the Institute. The event was a good step forward for developing close ties between the Institute and Tsinghua University, and between students in the mainland and in Hong Kong.

Bring Colour to the Annual Dinner 2006

Put on a colourful outfit and your best dancing shoes for this year's annual dinner on 7 December. "The Colour of Success 萬紫千紅‧成就共創" is the evening's theme. Make sure you secure your place and join guest of honour HKSAR Chief Executive, The Hon. Donald Tsang, GBM. The dinner promises to be a fun-filled and exhilarating evening for all! Form your own table and book NOW! Click here for details.

Name:

Lillian Chan

Job Title:

Accountant

Company:

Haemonetics (HK) Ltd

Click here to see Lillian's career profile:

- career and study history

- job involvement

- career achievement

- career progression

Handling the stream of initial public offerings coming from mainland China to Hong Kong has been one of the biggest sources of new business for accountants over the past few years. Sitting in the middle of these crosscurrents of money, anguish and corporate glory is the Institute's QP student, Jeff Mou. To find out more about his work, click here.

As you begin to build your career and reach your goals, your professional conduct will play a crucial role in the success you achieve. You should always be mindful of your professional image, particularly at times when you are most on display. You may not be aware that meetings are a time when our professional conduct is most open to scrutiny from others at the boardroom table. To find out more about managing your professional image in the boardroom, click here for the full article.

This article is reprinted from South China Morning Post "JOBCOACH" series with permission from DBM (22 July 2006).