2010 CPA Australia Open Day

Dear All,


Take note that the CPA Australia is having its open day on the 9th and 16th January 2010, from 9 am to 2 pm. The venue is at

Suite 10.01, Level 10
The Gardens South Tower
Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra
59200 Kuala Lumpur

It is especially fruitful to graduates in accounting, finance, business or even IT and engineering, who are seeking to built on professional accounting skills.

DO drop by and grab the opportunity to find out how you can become a member as well as discover the related CPA Australia membership benefits.

Additionally, on-the-spot assessment will be conducted (as per your degree) of your qualification and you will be able to know about any exemptions that you are eligible for. In this connection, you are required to bring along your certificates and academic transcripts.

Further inquiries can be done through e-mails to Ms May Lim/ Ms Preety at the following addresses respectively may.lim@cpaaustralia.com.au and harpreet.kaur@cpaaustralia.com.au.

Alternatively, you can give a phone call on 03 22673388

Best of luck!!!!

CPA Internship Program 2009

Hello :) !

This is to inform you all that the CPA has announced that it has started its recruitment for its internship program 2009.

The paid internship opportunities will be across varied sectors and industries. It will be on an 8 to 12 weeks basis, starting in November 2009 ending in MArch 2010.

However, for international students can opt for internships in Singapore prior to complex Malaysian immigration rules and regulations that might be unfavourable for you. But note that in case you are selected, you should seek for your own accommodation.

For any further enquiries, please email Kuan @ puikuan.leong@cpaaustralia.com.au .

Online registration is available now at

http://www.cpacareers.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3F57FECA-C596DB4F/careers/site/176_ENA_HTML.htm and it is free to register for all CPA Passport students.

Cheers and best of luck with your application,

Ummay

KPMG Visit September 2009

Organised on Friday the 18th September, the KPMG visit was warmly appreciated by all of us. We departed from the Sunway University College's foyer at 13:30 and had a smooth drive to the company site where we were sweetly welcomed by Nancy, our hostess.

After temperature checks, we proceeded to one of the biggest and most distinguished meeting rooms. The table was neatly set for us, with pens, brochures and papers to jot down notes.

We build careers at KPMG..Indeed they do! Their staffs are living proofs...
Mr Siew, the KPMG Advisory Partner delivering his presentation to us about their working culture...

To be noted, there Mr Siew made us at ease, we felt free to ask him any question which he answered in a detailed manner, providing us with as much clarifications as possible.

After that, we had a tea break. We adjourned to a cosy area to have refeshments and pastries. Here again, we had the opportunity to have little chats with some other staffs.

Girls you rock!!!! Absolutely Perfect!!!! And the best pose goes to Lili!!!!!

In the refreshments lounge...

Chit-Chatting with the staffs while having tea.

We were then teamed up in groups of four for the office tour. As follows are some snaps taken of the offices.

As seen from the picture, the training classes are colourful for the purpose of creating a joyful atmosphere conducive to learning.

Once the visit over, the guides and Nancy accompanied us down. Shortly after, we boarded the bus back again to Sunway.

Food Sales Fund Raising

The club held a food sales for two days, namely, on the 24th and 25th of August in the cafetaria. We had decided to sell egg sandwiches, hotdogs and cupcakes as well as mineral water and cokes, as part of our combo set.

Ready to start the sales!

Ms Greeja supporting us...

Freshly set up booth ...









No wonder due preparations were required beforehand. We had meetings almost every week to decide upon the event. We all pooled our ideas together to come up with a satisfactory plan. Of course, we kept on brushing up the initial draft and made occasional amendments, in pursuit of an excellent plan for the food sales.


Next, each one of us was delegated our tasks. Being the organiser, I should highlight that some of us contributed beautifully in setting up the event. It was so fun. We had to check the prices at the grocery store, make a budget, waking up early to get prepare the food and set up the booth, amongst others.
Jenny and Mariam hard at work in realising the booth ....

Indubitably, it was an enriching experience for all of us. It empowered us with lots of organising skills such as doing the budget is a good application of our accounting knowledge! Besides, setting an attracting booth, displaying the food neatly, as well as serve the customers politely were marketing strategies that had to be applied in an attempt to lure customers. As had put it Ms Greeja upon supporting our sales, " You learn" while doing this event.

Mariam's yummy home-made cupcakes are real treats for the eyes!!!

Eggs Sandwiches!

Thank you to all those who supported us....A special thanks to all committee members who have dilligently pulled in their share of weight!!! :)

Recruitment Drive

The 2009 Recruitment Drive was held in the Student Services Department for two days, namely on the 21st and 22nd of July. In hindsight, the number of CPA passport applicants was satisfactory and the corresponding figure for committee member candidates turned out to be 15. The latter shall be called for interviews and once their eligibility evaluated, the lucky ones shall be warmly welcomed aboard the SCSC club.

To be noted, some students, especially newcomers, were enthusiastically interested in joining the club. They inquired about the activities conducted as well as the background of CPA itself. Here, it should be highlighted that our committees did excellently in providing the necessary detailed information to the visitors dropping by our booth. Brochures and pamphlets were offered to enhance understanding of the CPA Australia's program and its related benefits as a postgraduate qualification. Furthermore, CPA pens and paper clips were offered as promotional tokens.

All in all, we hope to swell the number of applicants for both CPA passport numbers and the SCSC committee members in the coming months and years, principally through buttressed promotional efforts.

Global Business Forum Photo

Mr. Chan, Mr. Andrew, Dr. Arfah, Manager of CPA Australia and Dr. Foo

Vicky, Evonne, Sally, Gary, and Ian

Sally and Chin Peng

Registration booth

Audi 7

Global Business Forum 16th May 2009

Global Business Forum

This event was organised by Sunway University College and CPA Australia and its purpose was to discuss about the impact of global economic crisis to accounting and financial service sector. It was held in Sunway University College’s Multi Purpose Hall on 16th May 2009, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. SCSC members gathered at Audi 7 about 8 a.m. to start with the preparation such as setting up registration counter. All committee members are required to wear CPA T-shirt provided by CPA Australia

Then, a short briefing was done and the followings are the list of members on duties:

Registration:

Mariam

Lily

Chin Peng

Jen

Usherers:

Evonne

Ummay

Ian

Vicky

Photographers: Mariam & Ian

Our honorable speakers:

Chan Cheh Shin

Chief Investment Officer, Asian Islamic Investment Management Berhad

Andrew Heng CPA

Partner, Ferrier Hodgson MH

Arfah Salleh PhD, FCPA

Associate Professor of Accounting, University Putra Malaysia

At 9:15 a.m. the forum was started by Dr. Foo, Head of School of Business & Law in Sunway. After that, the first speaker, Mr Chan talked about the impact on changes in investment portfolio by today’s economic world. A lot of charts and grafts were shown to clarify his point of views. He also explained some areas to do investment and risk management models to be used by the banks.

Then, Mr. Andrew Heng identified how global crisis affects in Accounting Profession and he believes the crisis would end in 2010 in Malaysia according to some analyses. Moreover, Mr. Andrew also carried out his opinions to some accounting issues such as the conflict between Fair Value Methods vs Historical Cost Method and Impairment of Assets for current economic status.

Dr. Afrah’s views were more emphasize on human governance rather than corporate governance. She is more concern about ‘Question the fundamental’ and the importance of Accountant’s behaviour that related to society’s welfare.

Students asked questions during Q & A sections and different types of questions were responded by the three speakers.

11.45 a.m. Refreshment served at balcony

12.00 noon End of the event and photo taking session