Section Section Topic Here How to make businesses more sustainable Speaker Robert Gibson will talk to Institute members on how to make their businesses and the community more sustainable. He was formerly the finance director at various subsidiaries of Swire and was the director of sustainable development for John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd. until last July. CPD hour: 1 Language: English Date: 11 January Time: 8:00 – 9:00 a.m Auditing and assurance Audit Practice Manual application The Institute will offer workshops on the revised manual to refresh members’ audit skills in risk assessment and risk response as well as how to use the Excel-based audit programmes. CPD hours: 7 (for each session) Language: English/Cantonese Dates: 21, 24 and 28 January Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Ethics 56 Janaury 2011 HKFRS update for 2010-11 The seminar explains the updated HKFRSs and interpretations effective for and after 201011, including the revised HKAS 24, HKFRS 9 and the latest developments on financial reporting standards. Speaker Nelson Lam has extensive experience in related issues in Hong Kong and other Asia-Pacific jurisdictions. CPD hours: 3 Language: Cantonese with English handouts Date: 7 January Time: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Technical update evenings The latest series of TUE will brief members on the new and revised accounting standards of 2010-11 as well as the risk assessments and auditor’s responses under the new clarified HKSAs 540 and 550. CPD hours: 1.5 Language: English Dates: 11 and 25 January Time: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Tax Recent developments on cross-border personal income tax As cross-border activities increase, employees need a clear understanding of the individual tax exposures in both Hong Kong and China to avoid penalties for non-compliance. Partner Jacky Chu and senior manager Natalie Ku at PwC International Assignment Services (Hong Kong) Ltd. will explain the tax principles of both places relevant to Hong Kong employees working in China. They will also discuss recent trends and developments in individual income tax on the mainland and Hong Kong salaries tax affecting cross-border employees and typical taxplanning strategies. CPD hours: 1.5 Language: English Date: 13 January Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Cargo / Getty Images Revised Code of Ethics for professional accountants The revised code takes effect at the beginning of the month. This seminar will explain the major changes to the code to help members prepare for its adoption. CPD hours: 1.5 Language: English Date: 18 January Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Financial accounting and reporting January S M T W T F S 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 16 17 18 19 23 30 24 31 25 26 6 7 13 14 20 21 27 28 1 8 15 22 29 February S M T W T F S 6 7 13 14 20 21 27 28 1 8 15 22 29 2 9 16 23 3 10 17 24 4 11 18 25 5 12 19 26 Visit the Institute’s website for other programmes and to enrol and pay online: www.hkicpa.org.hk Leadership and business strategy Creating alignment with non-financial performance measures Neale O’Connor, associate professor at The University of Hong Kong’s School of B2B strategies for complex Business, will explain how to develop sales (non-Institute event) Guy Fraser, associate director at Management performance and subjective measures to fit particular strategies to strengthen a Development Services Ltd., will introduce firm’s strategic competitive advantage. concepts on the dynamics of business CPD hours: 3 deals between companies from the client’s Language: English perspective. The approach will increase Date: 26 January your chances of success and monitor Time: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. organizational changes that may occur. Language: English Date: 11 January How to extract value from Time: 8:00 – 9:15 a.m. consultants Venue: Harcourt Suite, 1/F, The Hong Kong Sidney Sze, chairman of CAGI Think Tank Club, 1 Jackson Road, Central and president of the Society of Registered Fees:HK$300 (British Chamber Financial Planners, will discuss how of Commerce members) companies can better use consultants on HK$380 (non-members) their projects to increase strategic and Enquiries: [email protected] operational benefits and reduce spending. The workshop will be illustrated with case studies. CPD hours: 3 Language: English Date: 20 January Time: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Stress management Managing stress in the workplace The Institute and the Chartered Accountants Benevolent Association are offering this workshop to help accountants recognize the causes, signs and symptoms of stress in the office. Speaker Alan Hong will offer tips on how to minimize and prevent stress. CPD hours: 3 Language: Cantonese Date: 28 January Time: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. PhotoAlto/Laurence Mouton/ Getty Images Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing Gordon Yam, assistant secretary (narcotics) of the Security Bureau, and Philip Tsang, senior inspector of police of the Joint Financial Intelligence Unit, will give an overview of the latest international and domestic anti-money laundering developments. This will increase members’ understanding of the statutory obligations and practices on suspicious transaction reporting, and provide a forum for discussion on related matters. CPD hours: 1.5 Language: English Date: 26 January Time: 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. January 2011 57