Accountant

Beijing's late move in extradition fight over fugitive accountant revealed

3 Mar 2013

A Spanish court freed a fugitive accountant wanted by Hong Kong over an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud despite an eleventh-hour intervention by Beijing, the Sunday Morning Post has learned.

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Digging for staff who find real facts

3 Aug 2012

An accounting firm with offices in Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen and Beijing, which has grown from three to 60 staff in less than a decade, is recruiting staff for further expansion.

Accounting course all adds up

20 Jul 2012

Opening doors to different career opportunities, accounting has remained a highly coveted specialisation. Demand for qualified accountants is continuously rising, but few know that one does not...

Young champions flaunt assets

14 Jul 2012

A third-year professional-accountancy student from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) beat 11 other contestants from four Chinese cities to emerge as the champion of the Association of...

Auditors will be liable under law change

13 Jul 2012

Lawmakers yesterday passed the controversial Companies Bill under which auditors will be held criminally liable if they fail to declare problems with the financial statements of a client company...

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As an accounting professor, I have grave concerns over clause 399 of the companies bill being debated in the Legislative Council.

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HK sales growth slows as mainlanders nip spending

SCMP headline, July 4

Foes unite over audit crime bill

A law to hold auditors criminally liable if they fail to declare a company's accounting problems is set to pass after the city's two largest political parties yesterday said they backed it.

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Legco split on criminal liability

Lawmakers have expressed mixed views on whether accountants should face criminal liability for failing to declare a company's financial problems in audits.

Accountants braced for crucial vote

Lawmakers on Wednesday will decide whether to vote for a crucial measure that would hold accountants criminally liable if they failed to declare problems with the financial statements of a client...

The best of times for accountants

Despite the gloomy economic climate, this is a very good time for accountants to sharpen the professional skills that can make their career more promising.