Hong Kong Institute of Accredited Accounting Technicians Limited ...

President’s report
the second cohort of the course has also been wellreceived.
The course adopts an interactive teaching
approach, where students learn in an SME workplace
environment. This innovative teaching method has proved
to be an effective way of learning and is very popular with
students. It does not only teach students basic accounting
theories but also trains them to use computer accounting
software, which is widely used by SMEs in Hong Kong.
Our membership base has increased to over 800 since its
launch in 2004. As for registered students, the number
stood at 8,224 (including 773 Professional Bridging
Examination (PBE) students) by end of June 2006. There
are 135 PBE graduates who are now eligible to study the
Qualification Programme (QP) of the Hong Kong Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. Since we first started
running our examinations in 1989, a total of 7,038
graduates have successfully completed the Accounting
Technician Examination (ATE) and the accumulated total
number of awardees for the Certified Accounts Clerk (CAC)
is 247.
800
8,224773
135
7,038
247
It is my great honour to be elected as President this year.
On behalf of the HKIAAT, I would like to express my sincere
gratitude and appreciation to all the Board members and
Committee members for their support and contribution, in
particular the two Vice-Presidents, Messrs Kennedy Tat-yin
Liu and James Kong. I also wish to thank the Secretariat
staff for their hard work in accomplishing the achievements
under the direction of the Board. The exciting new
developments outlined in this report demonstrate that the
HKIAAT lives up to our pledge to provide premier services
to our members and students. I hope that you will
continue to give us your support in bringing the HKIAAT to
a new era of success!
Doug Oxley
19 September 2006
Annual Report 2005-2006 9