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10 October 2008
Accountancy sector to be reviewed
The Government is setting up a high-level committee chaired by accounting veteran Bobby Chin to review the accountancy sector. The review, a first for the local industry, is expected to take more than a year. It is not intended to be a knee-jerk response to the financial crisis, but more of a recognition of the sector's growing importance in supporting the financial services industry and the wider economy.
Channel NewsAsia

11 August 2008
SingTel gets new director
[ SMU School of Accountancy Advisory Board Member] Fang Ai Lian has been appointed independent director and chairman of the audit committee of SingTel. She recently retired as chairman of Ernst & Young. She was appointed chairman of Metro Holdings last month and director of Banyan Tree Holdings in May.
The Straits Times, p B22

21 July 2008
People on the move: Metro's New Director
Metro holdings has appointed [SMU School of Accountancy Advisory Board member] Fang Ai Lian as an independent director and chairman of the audit committee.
The Straits Times

19 July 2008
Accountants not hankering for Big Four job
Public accounting firms are no longer the default employer of choice for accountants here, says the latest study on the profession. Where once it was the norm for accountants to be drawn to the likes of the Big Four, it would now appear that many would prefer to work as in-house accounting staff in companies instead.
The Business Times

12 July 2008
SMU celebrates fifth batch of 1,167 graduates
Graduates include 63 who form the pioneer batch of social science graduates and 23 who are the first to obtain the Master of Professional Accounting.
2008 Press Release

11 July 2008
Most accounting grads set sights on Big Four firms
Small is not beautiful for accounting graduates. Even medium-sized often fails to measure up. What a significant majority of these graduates want is to work for one of the Big Four accounting firms, the first major study of Singapore 's accounting profession has found.
The Straits Times

10 July 2008
New accounting scholarship launched
Professional body CPA Australia has launched the CPA Australia Scholarship. This is the result of a new tripartite relationship between CPA Australia, Singapore universities and 11 leading Singapore employers. Prof Pang Yang Hoong, Dean of SMU's School of Accountancy , backs the programme.
The Straits Times

12 June 2008
Companies welcome guidance in risk management
The Audit Committee Guidance Committee (ACGC) commissioned SMU's School of Accountancy to conduct a survey on the practical difficulties and challenges faced by audit committees of Singapore-listed companies in doing their job. SMU's Associate Professor Leong Kwong Sin comments.
TODAY

29 April 2008
CPA Australia offers Web help to local firms in XBRL reporting
Professional accounting body CPA Australia has released a weblinar jointly developed, in collaboration with Acra, by two members: SMU's School of Accountancy Associate Dean Themin Suwardy and an NUS adjunct associate professor.
The Business Times

March 2008
The CPA Difference
Besides the bachelor's degree in accountancy at SMU, the Master of Professional Accounting is another route to becoming a Certified Public Accountant and a career in accounting.
Choices, pp 36-37 (Mar 08 Issue)

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