CPA Australia Passport Membership Briefing

The CPA Australia Passport membership briefing was held in the Lecture Theatre 1 at Sunway University on the 14^th of September 2012 from 3.30pm till 4.30pm. The guest speaker for the talk was Ms. Leong Pui Kuan who is also the CPA Australia Relationships Manager in Malaysia. Our MC of this CPA talk is Crystal.

Before the event started, all committee members from SCSC were asked to gather in the meeting room in the Infotainment centre to be brief on the objectives and roles of SCSC as well as that of CPA. We are also given the job scope which we are supposed to do before, during and after the talk. For the new committee members of SCSC, we were also given the CPA Australia T-shirt.

There are approximately 25 participants who had attended the talk which comprises of mainly Victoria University undergraduate degree students. The briefing was a success as it provides the participants information about the CPA programme and further enhances their interest in the programme to give them a choice between other such similar accounting professional qualifications such as ACCA and ICAEW.

During the meeting, the speaker explain about the objectives and roles of CPA Australia as well as the recognition one would be able to get from choosing CPA Australia. Examples of successful CPA Australia holders are such as Melissa Claassen, who is currently the CFO of Adidas Group for Hong Kong and Taiwan. Furthermore, the speaker also mentioned about the routes and exemptions a potential student may opt to take when they decide to join CPA Australia.

Besides that, three committee members which are Aatiq, Yit Han and Shumina also shared their experience and what they have learned from SCSC. Basically, they said that they enjoy and happy that they join SCSC and they will never regret to join SCSC.

The event ended at 4.30 pm. SCSC members collected the CPA Australia membership registration form from interested students. After the session ended, there are some students who approached Ms. Leong Pui Kuan for more information regarding CPA and the routes they are able and can take.

Written by: Teo Kok Peng

Edited by: Fero Angelia