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Authorized employer:

CCIF CPA Limited

Member-in-charge:

Ms. Pammy Fung, Director

Counsellor:

Mr. Edmund Li, Senior Technical Manager

Registered as an AE:

5 years

No. of QP students supervising:

CCIF CPA Limited (CCIF) believes in the value of relationships, viewing every client and every staff as a long term partnership.

An accounting firm based in Hong Kong, CCIF provides its clients with a wide range of services including auditing, taxation and corporate governance. Ms. Pammy Fung, Director of CCIF, says their business continues to grow in areas such as financial reporting for IPOs and internal audit reviews. Pammy relishes the challenges of IPOs. "Each one is different and often time is critical," and it is vital that CCIF has staff who possess good analytical skills, sound judgement and can offer practical solutions to business problems. Click here for details.

Final examination results for the December 2007 session

Congratulations to the 653 QP graduates of the December 2007 session. Click here for the list of graduates. The pass rate is 64 percent and the examination panelists' report is now available at the QP learning support centre.

Top final examination students for the December 2007 session

Our special congratulations go to the top candidates of the final examination for December 2007 session. The gold, silver, and bronze prize winners are Kwan Yuk Kee, Lam Yu Hei, and Ma Yui Man respectively.

	Gold award prize winner (Li Fook Shu Memorial Prize winner) Kwan Yuk Kee obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration in Law from the University of Hong Kong in 2005. She is now a tax associate at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

	Silver award prize winner Lam Yu Hei obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Professional Accountancy from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006. He is now a tax associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

	Bronze award prize winner Ma Yui Man obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hong Kong in 2006. He is now an audit associate at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

QP results for the September 2007 session

	Workshop		Module examination		Overall pass rates*
Module	No. of candidates	Pass rate	No. of candidates	Pass rate	Overall pass rates*
B (financial management)	1,564	97%	2,182	60%	67%
D (taxation)	1,746	98%	2,262	53%	60%

*Overall pass rate refers to pass in both the workshop assessment and the module examination.

The examination panelists' reports are now available at the QP learning support centre.

Top QP students for the September 2007 session

	Module B (financial management) Li Ximeng obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. She is now a tax associate at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.

	Module D (taxation) Cheng Chun Ming, Isaac obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2007. He is now an audit associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

	New books in the library

	The library has new books with high reference value for QP students preparing for their examinations. Please click here to view the full list of reference books.

Module preparation seminars

The Institute is organizing a series of module preparation seminars on QP module A (financial reporting) and module C (auditing and information management) for the February 2008 session. The seminar aims to help QP candidates understand some of the more difficult topics to be covered during the workshops and to brush up their examination drilling techniques. The seminar is scheduled before the QP workshop. Click here for enrolment details of the upcoming seminars.

Final examination revision course

Online module preparation seminars

Webcast videos of module preparation seminars for module A (financial reporting) and module C (auditing and information management) held on 16 and 17 February 2008 are now available online, free-of-charge, to assist your examination revision. Please visit the QP learning support centre to watch the videos.

Name:

Tera Mak

Job Title:

Accountant

Company:

Sino Land Company Limited

Click here to see Tera's career profile:

- career and study history

- job involvement

- career achievement

- career progression

Authorized employer/supervisor experience for membership admission

For admission to membership of the Institute, practical experience acquired on or after 1 January 2005 will only be counted if it is gained under an Institute-authorized employer or supervisor.

If you are not currently working under an authorized employer or supervisor, please urge your employer or supervisor to apply for registration as an authorized employer/authorized supervisor with the Institute so that your practical experience will be accepted for membership admission. Click here for more information.

List of authorized employers and supervisors

The Institute has recently approved 11 applications for registration as authorized employers and 10 applications for authorized supervisors. Please click here for the list of newly registered employers/supervisors.

A full list of all authorized employers and authorized supervisors can be found on the Institute's homepage.

For enquiries on practical experience, please contact our admission department on tel. 2287 7049 or 2287 7353.

Quote marks can be "double" or 'single' (also sometimes called inverted commas). They do the same job, so you can choose which type you want to use. But (as always) be
consistent - don't chop and change throughout your document. And, like brackets, quote marks always come in pairs.

Gillian Christine, a freelance editor and proof-reader, gives you some guidelines on how to use quote marks appropriately. Click here for the full article.

This article was first published in the Chartered Accountants Journal (July 2007) of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and is reprinted with permission from Ms. Gillian Christine and the NZICA.

Register CPA Source NOW to redeem your welcome gift

CPA Source is a free career matching platform exclusively for the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs members and students. A welcome gift is yours by submitting your resume to CPA Source (please click here to register) before 31 March 2008. The latest salary index and hot jobs (recruited by Baker Tilly, BDO McCabe Lo, City Telecom, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Urban Renewal Authority) are available now.

CPA Source Hotline: 2287 7888.