CPA Australia's recent results have put three Hong Kong accountants in the global spotlight. Cheng Wai-lit, account manager at Hong Kong Construction SMC Development, beat 1,001 candidates worldwide to come first in the Treasury paper. Lam Fuk-tak, working at Arthur Andersen, came third world-wide in the Core II paper and See Lee-theen, at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, was fifth overall in the Reporting Professional Practice section.