Mr Chris CHENG

Senior Lecturer
Department of Accountancy

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Academic & Professional Qualifications

MScAAF (The Hong Kong Baptist University)
MSc (The City University of Hong Kong)
PGCINSE (The City University of Hong Kong)
BBA (The Hong Kong Baptist University)

CMA (Aust)
MHKCS

Biography

Mr Chris Cheng is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Accountancy at The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Chris is a Certified Management Accountant (Australia) and a member of the Hong Kong Computer Society (MHKCS). Before starting his academic career, Chris served for several providers of accounting software, material requirements planning (MRP) systems and enterprise resources planning (ERP) systems, and provided consultancy and software support services to their clients in China, Hong Kong and Macau.

“Learning IT concepts through software practices” is a teaching strategy adopted by Chris. He has assisted the Department in joining different IT-related academic alliances or partnership programmes offered by Microsoft, Oracle, NetSuite, Kingdee, Alteryx, and UiPath. Students have opportunities to learn some of the latest IT concepts and skills by using software applications provided by the captioned IT companies.

Research and Teaching Interests

Accounting Information Systems; Enterprise Resource Planning Systems; Information Security

Intellectual Contributions (Publications, Conferences, Books, Book Chapters, etc.)

Journal Publication

“Participation in internship, professional competition and overseas exchange and accounting students’ subsequent academic and job market performance.” / Cheng, Chris K.C.; Chow, Eden Y.H.; Lam, Kevin C.K., & Lee, J. H. Y. International Journal of Management Education, Vol. 21, No. 3, 100887, 11.2023.

Conference Paper

“Participation in Outside Classroom Activities and Accounting Students’ Academic and Job Market Performance: Evidence from Hong Kong.” / Cheng, Chris K.C.; Chow, Eden Y.H.; Lam, Kevin C.K., & Lee, J. H. Y. Paper presented at The American Accounting Association Conference 2021, International and Diverse Perspectives of Accounting Education.
https://www2.aaahq.org/AM2021/concurrent.cfm?url.dID=142

Book Chapter

Chapter 13: Information Technology and Corporate Governance (第十三章: 資訊科技與企業管治) / Chris Cheng. Discussion on Corporate Governance: A New Perspective. (企業管治新論). 2020. Infolink Publishing Limited. (匯智出版有限公司)., p.p. 139-155.

Articles

Understanding the Usage of Robotic Processing Automation (RPA) to Eliminate Repetitive Manual Computer/System Operations – Prospective CPA – The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
https://www.hkicpa.org.hk/en/Become-a-Hong-Kong-CPA/QP-Student-support-and-benefits/Prospective-CPA/Understanding-the-usage-of-robotic-processing-automation
Generic IT Skills for Accountants in 2022 – Prospective CPA – The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
https://www.hkicpa.org.hk/en/Become-a-Hong-Kong-CPA/QP-Student-support-and-benefits/Prospective-CPA/Generic-IT-Skills-for-Accountants-in-2022

Textbook & Study Guides

“Basic Cost Accounting in Hong Kong.” / Patrick Ng & Chris Cheng. 1^st edition. 2014. McGraw Hill Education.
“Paper 1: Accounting and Computerized Accounts – Official study text for the AAT Examination.” / Chan, Francis Kum Chew; CHENG, Ka Chun Chris.
2nd ed. 2013. Prentice Hall.
“Paper 1: Accounting and Computerized Accounts – Official study text for the AAT Examination.” / Chan, Francis Kum Chew; CHENG, Ka Chun Chris.
1st ed. 2011. Prentice Hall.

Research Grants and Awards

Co-Investigator (Co-I) of an Inter-Institutional Development Scheme (IIDS) project: Symposium of Taxation: The Era of BEPS (RGC Project Ref. No.: UGC/IIDS14/B01/16)

Business and Professional Engagement

Independent reviewer for Capstone Learning Materials under the Qualification Programme (QP), Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2023 – 2024)
External Moderator for Applied Learning Programme of “Accounting for e-Business”, School of Continuing and Professional Education (SCOPE), City University of Hong Kong (2020 – now)
Examination Panelist for the New QP Module 5 (Information Management), Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2019 – now)
Independent Reviewer for the New QP Module 5 (Information Management) Learning Materials, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2018 – 2022)
Examination Panelist for the Pilot Paper of the New QP Module 5 (Information Management), Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2016 – 2019)
Co-opt Member of the New QP Module 3 (Business Economics) Moderation Sub-Group for actual paper setting, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2019 – now)
Convenor of the New QP Module 3 (Business Economics) Moderation Sub-Group for Pilot Paper Setting, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2016 – 2019)
Deputy Chairperson of Examinations and Accreditation Committee, Hong Kong Institute of Accredited Accounting Technicians Limited (2018)
Member of Examinations and Accreditation Committee, Hong Kong Institute of Accredited Accounting Technicians Limited (2013 – 2018)
Assessor of Paper 1 – Accounting and Computerized Accounts, AAT Examination, Hong Kong Institute of Accredited Accounting Technicians Limited (2009 – 2018)

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