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1)	Accounting challenge x 50Q	5)	English corner
2)	Learning and teaching	6)	Employment placement service
3)	HKIAAT news	7)	Leisure station
4)	Employer in the spotlight and versatile AAT	8)	Prospective AAT mailbox

Here comes the Round 2 of “Accounting challenge x 50Q”. This is a five-round online quiz to test students’ accounting knowledge and to enhance students’ understanding of the accounting profession. Join in to be one of the winners of a HK$100 or HK$300 cash coupon. Click here for the Round 1 winners and answers.

Advice from a faculty member

Accounting lecturer, and currently an AAT Advisor, Dr. Steve Fong talks about how he enjoys teaching over the past 20 years and gives his views on the importance of the AAT qualification. +

Thoughts from an accounting student

Diligent final-year accounting student Kelvin Lau talks to us about his energetic school life and his plans to embark on the accounting profession upon graduation. +

Sign up for the next Accounting and Business Management Case Competition!

To introduce the competition details and improve students the report writing techniques, a briefing session and report writing skills seminar will be held on Monday, 30 November 2009. +

Top Students

Congratulations to the Top Students of PBE and AAT Examination of the June 2009 Session. Their prizes will be presented at the Award Presentation Ceremony in March 2010. Click their names to find out the secrets of their success.

No top student prize is awarded for PBE Paper III and Paper IV as the highest marks attained for these two papers are below the required minimum marks.

AAT Examination

Paper 1	Paper 2	Paper 3	Paper 4
Li Chun Ho	Au Pat Nien	Loon Chin Yeung	Mok Chak Lau
Paper 5	Paper 6	Paper 7	Paper 8
Wong Ka Hei	Au Yin Ping	Tang Mei Hing	Ng Sui Kai

High quality accounting services are required in every business sector. Mr. Alford Cho, the Managing Director of Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd, talks about how an AAT, Mr. Samuel Leung, demonstrates the attributes of a good employee. Mr. Leung shares with us how the AAT qualification has helped him climb the corporate ladder.

Although sending letters might be less popular than sending emails in today’s business world, letters still play an important role in communication. This issue outlines the features of five different letter layouts.+

The HKIAAT offers a free employment placement service for employers, members and students. Employers can place recruitment advertisements on the HKIAAT homepage to help them recruit accounting personnel. Click here to find out more.

Meet the Authors
"Meet the Authors" sessions are hosted by the Hong Kong Public Libraries. These sessions provide a wonderful platform for young people to get in touch with authors to find out more about their experiences and insights about life.

This is where we post and answer students’ questions about the accounting profession and the AAT qualification. If you have any questions you would like to ask us, you are welcome to send them to sandy.ku@hkiaat.org. We are always pleased to answer your questions.

Question in this issue:
David Wong: I am a final year student of a three-year higher diploma in accountancy. I know the New Qualification Framework (NQF) has been launched in June and there is a set of transitional arrangements: what are the details of this?
Our answer:
Students who are studying HKIAAT accredited programmes which commenced before 1 September 2009 are eligible for cross-credit exemptions. Furthermore, if these students complete all AAT examinations (either by exemption or by examination) by June 2011 and register as HKIAAT members by 31 December 2011, they will be exempt from the Professional Assessment and one-year work experience in their assessment for membership admission.

HKICPA	Accredited Programme Providers
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Technical Articles	TechWatch
AAT Express

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