Your views on the proposed changes to auditing practices
AE talks about how QP brings a win-win-win situation to employers, employees and the profession
QP graduate appreciates the application of QP in her new and challenging career
Education and Careers Expo 2010
 
 
  Winning it all
 
Mr. Louis Leung and Mr. Lister Au Yang, partners at Louis Leung & Partners CPA Limited, share why becoming an authorized employer of QP is a win-win-win situation for the tripartite relationship between employers, employees and the profession.
  The versatile accountant
 
Ms. Angel Lai shares her experiences in her new capacity as assistant investigator at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, and reflects on the application of QP in this new and challenging career.
  Proposed changes to auditing practices
 
The Institute is inviting comments on a consultation paper about proposed changes to the way we license auditors with a view to raising audit quality. The proposals will affect those of you who wish to enter the audit profession upon qualifying as a CPA in the future. Your views on this important reform are needed to shape the way forward. Send your comments by email to admission@hkicpa.org.hk by 1 March 2010. Please provide your name and student number in your submission so that we know the views are from students.

You are welcome to attend an information session on the consultation paper on
2 February 2010. Click here to enroll.
 
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Education and Careers Expo 2010
The Institute will participate in the Education and Careers Expo from 4 to 7 February 2010, to introduce QP and showcase the accounting profession to visitors. Come and meet our QP graduates in an experience-sharing session to be held at the Expo on 7 February 2010.
 

Surveys point to growth in
accounting jobs
Things are starting to look up on the job front for accountants. Recent surveys by recruitment firms Ambition and Manpower Services (Hong Kong) Ltd. have shown that more companies are hiring this year, reflecting rising business confidence in Hong Kong.

(The article is reprinted from A-list.)
 
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