Allow me to slightly modify your fact, Malaysia is getting a lower passing rate that the world passing rate because it is the average passing rate of all institutes which offer ACCA. Most of them are not on par in terms of quality and are not well known. However since TS is planning to pursue in ACCA, Sunway would be, no doubt the best in Malaysia, even in the region. Also, if you do some research, the passing rate in sunway is much higher than the world passing rates, for almost every paper There is a comparison chart recently pasted outside the office of Sunway TES, showing the passing rates of July 2010.

To TS: why don't you come over and pay SUNWAY TES a visit? I'm sure they can answer all your questions and doubts.

If you look at the whole, Sunway is definitely the best. If there is any other college that is better then it would have been awarded the gold/platinum status as a tuition provider of ACCA. The fact is Sunway is the only institution that has a Platinum Status as a tuition provider. So yea, get your facts right before claiming anything. For the sake of TS, do not give anymore misleading fact. thanks.

Then it will be 1 year of foundation + 3 years of degree + the remaining papers to be attempted for ACCA.

The time taken to finish the last part would be depending on the number of paper exemptions you will get upon completion of your degree.
For example, if you do your degree in sunway, you will be entitled to a maximum exemptions of 9 papers, which leaves you 5 last paper to attempt. Most people take 2 papers each time. (Noted that ACCA external exams are held 2 times a year) So it will be 1 and half years for the last part or if you want to finish 5 papers in one year, or even half year, it's up to you.

If you are considering taking a degree first, make sure to check out the exemptions that you will get. And i highly recommend you to secure a degree first. You can get a job after that while doing your ACCA part time, no problem at all. If financial status of the family is your concern, you could either opt for another college that offers degree with lower fees, stick your ass to the chair studying everyday and apply for scholarship.

Lastly, review yourself. Whether you are a all time top scorer, or just another average student out there. If you are really bright and think it is worth taking the risk for the sake of coming out to job fields earlier, then by all means go for ACCA. Do bear in mind that there will be hell loads of temptations and entertainments that will make u easily distracted during ur college/uni life. The moment you choose to go for ACCA, be responsible to yourself and always tell yourself that you must work harder than anybody else, or your efforts and hard-earned money of your parents will be wasted. Not to scare you off but just to expose the reality to you, i have seen people who scored full A's in SPM flunked their ACCA and ended up with nothing. I have a senior who scored straight A's, failed CAT papers due to the absence of self discipline. I scored quite well in my SPM but i am not up for the stakes. I rather take a longer time to finish than ending up in no where. Not to mention that degree course trains up your soft skills which are highly essential for jobs while ACCA is 100% exam oriented.

All the best to you

Sure but do note that you will need AT LEAST a second upper class degree for ICAEW, and there very few colleges that are affiliated with ICAEW. The two that i know would be Sunway and Taylors, if i'm not mistaken Inti is in the list too.

Very true, i second that.
However ICAEW is said to be only for those who are really capable. There will be an CEO in any firm/organisation and there will be CFO, GM, Managers and so on under him. We can't expect everyone to be going up to the top. IMHO it is really important to know your strength and your limit, people who are holding CPA, MIA or even accounting diploma can still survive, life goes on.