Practical experience: views from the ground   Examination matters   Student matters   Student programme   Technical updates   Route to success with QP   Practical experience   Presentation skills   For your information   Upcoming events       Authorized supervisor: Mr. Patrick Liu, Supply and Distribution Finance Manager, Shell Hong Kong Ltd. Registered as a supervisor: 1.5 years SHELL Hong Kong recognises that commercial success depends not only on the high quality of services and products, but also the full commitment of all employees, and it places people and talent development at the top of its agenda. As the supply and distribution finance manager of SHELL Hong Kong, Mr. Patrick Liu has been an authorized supervisor with the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs' Qualification Programme (QP) for one and a half years. He sees himself assuming an important role in nurturing new finance talents for his company. Patrick believes the goals of QP and SHELL are complementary to each other in developing young professionals. QP develops core technical knowledge and communication skills through workshop training while SHELL provides business experience and development of leadership and people management skills. Click here for details.         Confidentiality of QP workshop unseen additional questions     Candidates taking the QP workshops are reminded to keep the unseen additional questions, distributed at workshops, CONFIDENTIAL and to limit discussion to the workshop group only. These questions are used for assessment purposes. Disclosure of the questions or the topics covered by the questions to candidates of other workshop groups will create an unfair advantage. You have an important role to play in ensuring the integrity of our QP assessment. As QP registered students, you have an ethical obligation to help maintain a fair and reputable workshop assessment. You should report to the Institute any solicitations or disclosures breaching the confidentiality of workshop assessment questions. The Institute's examinations board has made it a rule that it is a serious offence to copy down workshop additional questions or take them out of your workshop in any form without the Institute's proper authorization. The examinations board may disqualify a candidate from the whole module (i.e. both the workshop and module examination components) and subject the candidate to disciplinary action if he/she is found in breach of this rule.     Special consideration for QP workshops     Candidates 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 and training within two weeks from the date of absence. The Institute's examinations board is the only body empowered to decide whether or not marks will be adjusted. The board will consider each request based on its own merit, taking into account any special circumstance when finalizing the candidate's marks.         Collect your candidate learning packs for the May 2008 session QP students who have enrolled in the May 2008 session can collect their candidate learning pack(s) at the Institute's service counter on 27/F, Wu Chung House during office hours from 23 May to 6 June 2008. Collect your study materials now to get off to a quick start!     Meeting workshop group representatives The fourth meeting with QP workshop group representatives was successfully held on the evening of 25 March 2008 at the Institute's members' lounge. Click here for details.     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.         Online module preparation seminars     Webcast videos of module preparation seminars for module A (financial reporting) and module C (auditing and information management) held on 28 March, 5, 26 and 27 April 2008 are now available online, free-of-charge, to assist your examination revision. Please visit the QP learning support centre to watch the videos.     Module preparation seminars for May 2008 session     The Institute is organizing a series of module preparation seminars on QP module B (financial management) and module D (taxation) for the May 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.     CPA 2008 bridge tournament     The annual CPA bridge tournament will be held on 31 May 2008. Teams from members and students are welcome. Please enrol by 21 May 2008 to enter the competition. Click here for details.         To help members understand the new and proposed changes in standards, two initiatives have been launched recently. Please click here for details.           Name: Tracy Wong Job Title: Business Analyst Company: A.S. Watson & Co. Ltd.   Click here to see Tracy'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 can be accepted for membership admission. Click here for more information.     List of authorized employers and supervisors     The Institute has recently approved 12 applications for registration as authorized employers and 19 applications for authorized supervisors. Please click here for the list of newly registered employers/supervisors. A full list of all authorized employers/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.         Many managers would sell their souls to the devil himself to be able to give the perfect presentation. With Dr. Rob Yeung's top tips, there is no need. According to Dr. Yeung, director and executive coach at leadership consulting firm Talentspace, presenting exceptionally is a rare talent. If you want to shine, beware of the seven deadly sins of presenting. Click here for the full article. This article was first published in the Accountancy magazine (December 2007) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and is reprinted with permission from the ICAEW. The Accountancy magazine's website: www.accountancymagazine.com.         CPA Source - your career development partner     CPA Source is a free career matching platform exclusively for the Institute's members and students. A wide range of hot jobs are available now! Just pre-register here and manage your resume after registration with CPA Source here. CPA Source Hotline: 2287 7888.     Special discounts     Special discounts for the purchase of selected Microsoft products and open licences are now offered for members and students until 31 July 2008. Click here for details.     The rotary foundation ambassadorial scholarship 2009/10     The rotary international is now offering a rotary foundation ambassadorial scholarship for open application in Hong Kong, Macau and Mongolia. This scholarship is designed to further international understanding and goodwill through sponsoring qualified individuals to study in another country. To learn more about this scholarship, visit the website of rotary district 3450 and rotary international.         Print friendly version Dates     Events May       2-4 May Q - Modules A & C - 4th workshops 4 May E - Final examination revision course 7, 14 & 21 May P - Workshop on auditing planning and completion 11 May O - CPA 2008 basketball competition 18 May E - Final examination revision course - mock examination and debriefing 23 May P - Seminar on HKAS 12 income tax 24 May Q - Modules A & C examinations 26 May Q - Modules B & D - module commencement 31 May O - Annual CPA bridge tournament         June       1 June Q - Final examination 2 June P - Seminar on fraud and investigation 4 June P - Seminar on Hong Kong tax updates 7 June E - Module preparation seminar for module B 8 June E - Module preparation seminar for module D 10, 16, 23 & 30 June P - 會計應用普通話研習班 11 June P - Seminar on guidelines on the tax treatments in DIPN 43 and 44 12 & 19 June P - Workshop on analyzing financial statements 13 - 15 June Q - Modules B & D - 1st workshops 28 June E - Module preparation seminar for module D 29 June E - Module preparation seminar for module B         July       3 July P - Seminar on corporate restructuring and insolvency - a practical approach 4-6 July Q - Modules B & D - 2nd workshops 7 & 14 July P - 會計應用普通話研習班 26 July E - Module preparation seminar for module D 27 July E - Module preparation seminar for module B         August       1-3 August Q - Modules B & D - 3rd workshops 2 August Q - Modules A & C examinations - results announcement 9 August Q - Final examinations - results announcement 16 August E - Module preparation seminar for module D 17 August E - Module preparation seminar for module B 22-24 August Q - Modules B & D - 4th workshops         September       27 September Q - Modules B & D examinations         E : Examination assistance functions Q : QP events P : Practical training functions O : Other events         Technical articles CPA Source A Plus CPD programmes e-Learning programmes New books HKIAAT news TechWatch