Professional Bodies Briefing Session 2019 – Series 1

The Professional Bodies Briefing Session 2019 – Series 1 was successfully held on 3 October 2019 with an aim to provide students with the latest information on the professional bodies and their respective qualifications.

In this series, FOUR professional bodies from accounting and taxation fields were invited to introduce their institutes and professional qualification requirements to students. They are: (in alphabetical order)

• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
• CPA Australia
• Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA)
• The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong (TIHK)

An in-house sharing session was held afterwards in which our academic staff compared the qualifications of the aforementioned professional bodies and advised students to choose a suitable qualification by taking their preferred exam format, future career choices and international recognition into account.

Prof. Kevin Lam, Head of Department of Accountancy, and Ms. Joey Lee, Associate Head of Department of Accountancy, presented souvenir to Ms. Kammi Choi (middle), Learning and Development Manager of ACCA.

Ms. Joey Lee, Associate Head of Department of Accountancy, presented souvenir to Ms. Cora Cheung (left), Senior Business Development Manager of CPA Australia.

Ms. Joey Lee, Associate Head of Department of Accountancy, presented souvenir to Mr. Kit Wong (left), Director, Education and Training of HKICPA.

Ms. Joey Lee, Associate Head of Department of Accountancy, presented souvenir to Mr. Webster Ng (left), Vice President of TIHK.

Academic staff from Department of Accountancy answered students’ enquiries during In-house Sharing.