International Collaboration with University of Tasmania

My four-day visit to the University of Tasmania (UTAS)is on the invitation of Professor Roger Willet, a senior research professor at the the School of Accounting and Corporate Governance. In November 2011, a letter of intent was signed between UTAS and UiTM for possible collaboration in research, publication, supervision and staff exchange. This visit signifies a significant initiative to illustrate committment of both entities towards executing a successful strategic alliance. For 2012, the collaboration will start with a joint research publication project focussing on the Financial Capital Markets in the Asia Pacific Region. The project will involve authors from more than twenty countries in the Asia Pacific.

Congratulations

I wish to congratulate all eleven students who attended my applied research class last semester and have successfully completed their research projects. The students are namely Jamal Sharif, Hafiz Ramli, Nor Adira, Nor Adliana, Dalina, Norazlina, Norhafizah, Faizah, Mohd Amran, Suliza and Firdaus. To most of them, the completion of their applied research thesis implicates that they have completed their Master in Forensic Accounting and Financial Criminology program at Universiti Teknologi MARA and they will be awarded the Master degree next semester. Congratulations all for maintaining the 100% success rate and in completing your research projects on time......

MOU Signing Ceremony

The Accounting Research Institute (ARI) and Universiti Teknologi MARA will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the the Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE),India. IPE, like ARI is a national research centre of excellence, focussing specifically on the development public enterprises. The Institute is a research centre within the University of Osmania in Hydrabad. Prof Mishra, who is IPE Director visited ARI in 2011 and ARI researchers participated in an international conference in Hydrabad last December. For the MOU ceremony, the Vice Chancellor, Dato' Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar himself will be signing on behalf of the university. ARI-IPE will be co-organizing a Board Training Program in New Delhi on 9-10 February 2012, during which the MOU will be signed.

Congratulations Khairul Anuar and Wan Adibah

All members of the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) congratulate our collegues Dr Khairul Anuar and Dr Wan Adibah who have recently successfully completed their PhD program in New Zealand. Khairul Anuar and Wan Adibah were respectively named the best student in their cohorts when they were undertaking their Master in Accountancy program at Universiti Teknologi MARA. Congratulations and well done...

Investigative Techniques & Moot Court

One of the courses offered for the Master in Forensic Accounting and Financial Criminology program is Investigative Techniques. The course covers different techniques used by financial fraud investigators or forensic accountants. Basically students would select actual cases involving CBT, corruption, money politics, money laundering, tax evasion, terrorism financing, illegal deposit taking etc and "re-constitute" an investigation framework. The focus is to identify specific legal violation, evidence gathering, data collection, data analysis and report writing. The students would then present their cases in a moot court setting where judges, witnesses and lawyers may be present. Today, in an effort to further improve the content of the curriculum, we invited Tuan Awang from the AG Chambers to provide practical requirements so that students understand basic protocols of court proceedings.

New Country Participants

The three-day APMAA Conference 2011 saw new country participation: Nigeria (Prof Samuel Gbadebo, University of Abuja), United Arab Emirates - UAE(Prof Sherine Farouk, University of Dubai), Iran, Thailand (Prof Supapon, University of Chulalongkorn) Singapore (Prof Nam, Singapore Management University) and Yemen. Thailand and Singapore were part of APMAA founding members but have not participated in the last four conferences.

Congratulations Eley Suzana and and Noor Sufiawati

Two of our PhD students: Ms Eley Suzana and Ms Noor Sufiawati jointly won the "Best paper" award for the recent PhD colloquium held in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). Ms Eley Suzana had also won the "Best Presenter" award. The results were announced during the APMAA Dinner held tonite at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Glenmarie. Congratulations to both of you....