Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

Outstanding Accountancy Students World's Top Winner in ACCA Examination M s. Regina Kan, accounting graduate of the Chinese University, beat some 5,500 competitors to gain top marks in the ACCA December 2003 Examination. Other high achievers in the examination included Hong Kong's top winner Ms. Stephanie Kwan; gold medallist Ms. Joyce Chan; bronze medallists Mr. Clement L i and Ms. Ann Li. They are all recent graduates of the CUHK Professional Accountancy Programme. A celebration reception was held at the CUHK Teaching Centre in Central on 11th June 2004. Prof. Liu Pak-wai, pro-vice-chancellor, Prof. Lee Tien-sheng, dean of the Faculty of Business Administration and Prof. James Xie, director of the School of Accountancy were in attendance. Honorary guests included senior representatives of ACCA, members of the Advisory Board on Accounting Studies, and current employers of the graduates. Winner of Prestigious Award M r. Yip Kwan-hon (left), a first-year a c c oun t i ng student at the University, beat 28 other candidates with excellent academic merits to w i n the 2004 Sanford Yung Scholarship. Mr. Y ip i mp r e s sed the selection panel with his dedication to the accounting profession and his desire to pursue further training overseas. He received a cash award of HK$120,000 at the prize presentation ceremony held on 7th June 2004 at the PricewaterhouseCoopers Executive Conference Centre, and a summer placement in a commercial city outside Hong Kong. Students Placed Second in Division at Moot Corp 2004 F our graduate students of the University — Alan H.F. Lam (Ph.D., engineering), Vincent Wang Dong (MBA), Sharon Yan Ping (M.Phil., engineering), and Rockson Zhang Changchun (MBA) won second place in their division at the Global Moot Corp 2004 Competition held at the University of Texas in Austin from 5th to 8th May 2004. The CUHK team presented a plan for Sengital (HK) Ltd., a company which designs and markets products based on low-power, wireless, mo t i on sensing technologies, including a computer mouse on a ring and a game controller. The company registered in May and has plans to begin operations soon at the Science Park. Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2004 64