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e-Bulletin August 2020
Faculty Secures HK$9.9m of RGC FundingA total of 19 Faculty research proposals have been awarded HK$9,598,543 from the General Research Fund (GRF) administered by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong for the year 2020-2021. Among them, eight of the proposals belong to the School of Accounting and Finance (AF), ten belong to the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS), and one belongs to the Department of Management and Marketing (MM). Another MM project secured HK$323,700 under the Early Career Scheme (ECS). |
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Miss Tao Shiyu is Outstanding Student of the FacultyMiss Anna Tao Shiyu won the Outstanding Student of the Faculty of Business Award for the year 2019 with all-round excellence. She completed her BBA studies this year majoring in Accounting and Finance, and minoring in Applied Mathematics. Apart from achieving excellent academic results at PolyU as well as during her exchange studies in the UK and summer studies in Canada, Shiyu was actively involved in co-curricular activities and competitions where she demonstrated leadership, commitment, professional and social competence. She also devoted time and effort to serving her peers and caring for the needy in Hong Kong and mainland China. |
Tao Shiyu (second from left) |
He Tianqi |
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Miss He Tianqi Comes Third in Young Tax Professional of the Year Hong KongMiss Tracy He Tianqi, reading for the BBA (Hons) degree in Accountancy, won the third prize in the Hong Kong final of Young Tax Professional of the Year 2020 hosted by Ernst & Young (EY). EY Young Tax Professional of the Year is an international competition designed to reward and foster the development of the next generation of tax leaders. This year's Hong Kong competition required participants to do a case study and a presentation on the tax management of an online marketing company. |
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Accounting and Finance Team is Second Runner-up in PwC Career Plus ChallengeThree students reading for the BBA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance formed a team to take third place in Career Plus Challenge 2020 hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). They were Miss Gong Zihan, Miss Chang Chuhan, and Mr Huang Daopeng. The Challenge invited university students to think about ideal employers and conduct an analysis based on professional firms. It comprised two rounds with the preliminary requiring a research report and the final a problem-solving proposal. |
Faculty Awards for Outstanding AchievementCongratulations to the following members of the School of Accounting and Finance (AF), the Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies (LMS), and the Department of Management and Marketing (MM), on winning Faculty Awards and Prizes for Outstanding Achievement in the year 2019-2020.
Faculty Awards for Outstanding Achievement
Faculty Prizes for Outstanding Achievement
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Research Insights
Home and Foreign Host Country IFRS Adoption and Cross-delisting
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Professor Albert Tsang |