Haneef :
He is god damn patient : He will answer every student even 45 minutes after class time.
Approachable : You dont need to ask him since he will ask you back question during class. Just be prepared for it.
Egoistic : He never praise himself like Daniel Ho or criticise other lecturers (some KSA lecturer). He is the most humbel lecturer I ever met.
Technically I was a bit surprised since everything you mentioned "hit on the spot" for this lecturer.

However he is deemed very boring by many including Mr Carlo  . But for resit student many will appreciate his style.
If you are weak on theories & standards he will be the perfect person to illustrate it to you.
The only problem you many find is that he can talk non stop the professional style, so if you are easily asleep person please stop reading this instant.
Since you can afford sunway he will be peanuts 

For keith farmer you can refer to Carlosandy for more information.
For reasons unknown very few study under Joe Fang for P2 & even lesser willing to share more info so find out on your own.

If you want to know more in detail you can pm me directly since I can go on forever but I respect others here. 

I still got my old P2 notes with me & i will narrow down his key topic :
IFRS 3 : Biz combination, Forex, Cashflow, NCA held for sale, agriculture, Financial Instrument, Share based payment, Employee benefits, income tax, compex group, piecemeal, disposal of shares.
He teaches the most standards in P2 but he rarely touches F7 area like leasing & EPS.

i want to challange him to sit for acca and score . if he dares

hi. i tried looking for a bpp p3 business analysis practice revision kit. but popular and mph and even kinokuniya don have it. so anyone who is done with it, can i buy it from u? please pm me. thanks.

Partnership law: ostensible authority.

May i know what is that?

do remember to cancel out the 1st page with the ruler as a means of not a valid page as well.

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Added on December 14, 2009, 7:35 pmP1 is quite difficult today.. especially Q1, the scenario is very long and vague, need to read for 2 or 3 times to understand the whole situation..

Wah, teach this 3 paper ah, most demand lecturer Philip Woo & Parmindar got competitor in KSA now, haha 

Not sure about Marcus Ong. If you scare, then go to Philip Woo & Parmindar.

I see F8 Sheila has 26 classes while Philip Woo only has 16. The teaching method differ that much?

My past experience I've preferred BPP over Kaplan, and GTG over Kaplan too, but GTG struck me as very 'basic' that there doesn't seem to be much depth in it's text.

@88Xavier88,

as said, prizes are

M'sian prize = highest in malaysia for that paper
World prize = highest in the world for that paper
It's not exclusive to one only though, (there are joint winners in the past)

Scores required
CAT = 99/100 only. I've rarely seen anyone getting prizes for scores less than 99, imo.

ACCA

F1-F3, generally in the 95-100 category
F4-F8, generally in the 90-95s
F9, generally 85++ will get u a prize.
P1-P3, prizes generally in the 80s+, but there are sittings where the scorers are real nutjobs and get around 90s
P4-P7, on average 80s is a prizewinner marks.

Medalists
Every sitting ACCA will award medalists for highest total score

CAT medalists (for papers T5-T10, (5 papers)
Higher score for the 5 papers, on average score is about 430+ (about 90 per paper)

ACCA medalists (highest for papers P1-P7, (5 papers, 3 core, 2 optionals)
Average high score being about 350-400, being an average of about 75 per paper.

=D

Aim high, it's hard but the recognition is different compared to an ordinary ACCA cert, and helps to make up for some 'deficiencies' in ur results (say u failed one paper or so)

thanks for your insights! and thanks to ThanatosSwiftfire and carlos for your info.

yeah i get what you mean. knowledge is more important than the marks. no point memorizing and dun understand anything.

do they offer prizes for paper F1 to F3? i thought they only offer f4 and above? correct me if i am wrong.

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Added on December 18, 2009, 11:08 am
what papers did you get prizes for? malaysian or world? did you self study or join taught courses?

so medalist for acca is only for P papers? they donot include fundamental n skill paper's marks?

oh, can anyone tell me how to register for acca exam centre? coz if i study on my own, i have to make my own arrangements. where can i get BPP books through postal delivery coz i'm from Labuan, an island next to sabah. kinda hard to get books from here. no proper bookshop here. sad T__T

hi ppl !
can anyone pls help comment on these lecturers based on past experience ?
having dilemma on where to go for next sem .

p1 : Philip Woo and Mr Goh (Sunway)

p2 : Menon and Haneef

p3 : Michael and Parmindar

and some other recommendations if u have one , thanks !

Next sitting, Daniel Ho will come back in Taylor accurately...

I agree with you. they're forcing us to buy the gtg crap from them wtf lol & the funniest thing is.. they don't touch a page from it at all. simply ask u to read the dumb topics only like ethics for p2 and human resource mgmt for p3 & human resource is something u will learn from P1 lol and it came out in my sitting i totally bullcrapped without having read a single thing on it. I prefer BPP the best. It helped me since CAT lol.

if this is the case P2 which lecturers are recommended ...between haneef and joe fang ?...P1 Parminder better or Sheila? P3 ...which lecturer is better ?

for F7 Mr Haneef class in OIC.....is it very crowded 1 ah? need to go early every class to get a nice seat? how early? full-time or part-time more ppl?

any1 know the fees for taylor and sunway for professional level, P1,P2 n P3?

sorry guys. another newbie question. i hope topace, carloseandy or thanatoswift can help me out.

i emailed sunway to enquire about acca course and i send them my spm n A level results. they said that i should consider ICAEW ACA course. they can help send my CV to their affiliated accounting firms. so i will work n study at the same time coz need to be bonded. part of ICAEW requirement ==.

i scored straight A1 for spm and 3 A's for A level. for A level i scored 600/600 for bio, 595/600 for chem n 593/600 for maths.

duno why they offer to A level student but sunway say they had few students from A level doing it also.

so my question is, should i take up the icaew offer considering that i do not have accounting background? n how do i work if i do not know anything about accounting? oh yea,  they say i need to go through interviews n i must secure my self a job before i can study for it.
the thing is, i have just submitted my application to study ACCA at sunway today. not sure if they will accept me coz it is so late already. course starts on the 6th of jan n i have only submitted my application today.== hopefully still have place. why sunway? coz i am from sabah, so cannot hop from one college to another.

in the event that i secured a place at sunway for ACCA, should i go for it or should i apply for the ICAEw course? which is more advisable for me to take?

Is it possible to register for the 1st term only? Seems like there is no breakdown.

So... do the employers (big 4 or big 5) really look for the marks? Let's not talk about prize winners lol. They're priviledged people.

You're welcome. The interviews will be tough because they want to see if you can handle pressure and stress. Like, for example, if you were to apply to PwC, you would have to be interviewed by the HR manager. If you can't get through her, then that's it. Since Sunway informed you that there they have students from A-levels doing ICAEW, I guess it's not impossible to secure a job with one of the firms. Maybe you can check with them which are the possible firms.

Your question about which firm to choose...the thing is, the firms in the list are of different types. Some are accounting firms(e.g. Big 4, MustaphaRaj, Grant Thornton), some are commercial firms (e.g. banks, Genting, Sunway). Do you really know what kind of firm you want to work for? Do you really know the job nature? In an accounting firm, you could be in areas like audit, tax, consultancy or others; whereas in commercial firms, you might be involved with stuff like financial analysis, accounts preparation. The job nature is rather different. I had no idea at all what all these were really about before entering my degree (was a science stream student too). You really want to make sure you have an idea about these first, because, like you say, once you sign a training contract with them, you'll be stuck with them for a few years. Otherwise, maybe going for an option that allows you to do full time studies first would be a wiser option.

Btw, someone who is currently doing ICAEW once told me that you can actually do ICAEW full time (self-sponsored) and seek for employment later. In fact, firms are happy because they save cost (of sponsoring you, and the paid study leaves). But then, if you are unable to secure a training contract with one of the authorized firms later, you will never be qualified, all your previous effort will be gone, so it's risky in a way. Also, it is compulsory that the training contract be at least 3 or 4 years (not sure the exact #), so you will still have to be bonded for that amount of years.

There was once somebody asked Mr Philip Woo (one of the ACCA lecturers) regarding ICAEW, and he told us if you have completed your ACCA, don't go for ICAEW, but go for other options that may add more value (e.g. MBA). Because ICAEW is just another professional qualification - just like ACCA specializes in financial accounting while CIMA specializes in management accounting (you usually go for either one only, not both); ICAEW specializes in group accounts (if I'm not mistaken). Perhaps this could help to guide you, which type of accounting you wish to specialize in.

Need help!

I just came back to Malaysia yesterday.

I have F1-F9 exemption with me and gonna take P1-P3 in June sitting.

Is it too late to register now?

Where to go better?

i'm not sure if i'm posting in the correct thread..if i don't, please pardon me anyway..
juz wondering if i can go straight for Master in accounting upon completion of ACCA ? (without a bachelor's degree)
thx in advance.

anyone here ever submitted their ACCA subscription late before? Any penalties or consequences for that??

hi there,thanks for reply...btw...

my situation are not same as yours ...

i have encountered a lecturer(MR.T) who r quite well known&experienced
once i enroled only then i know tat he is not suit me..bcuz his rhythm in lesson most of the time r toooo fast..
even my schoolmate who score 13As in spm also cant gett HIM...

I m not a FAST learner may b as u think...so i need a TRUSTED lecturer...i cant study without ...???

I called sunway and the fees for P1-P3 is 6065
Kasturi is 2510

is learning environment better in sunway?

hi guys.. been trying to register myself as a ACCA student but puzzled with in choosing the tax variant.

i am a malaysian but i will be working in singapore upon graduation. so is it better for me to choose singapore variant tax paper? can i change it later when i am taking the papers? (to msian variant if i change my mind)

also, do msian college cater singapore variant paper?

thanks!

i think you are returning student.
1430 x 3
plus 325 resource fee

I gotta pay deposit 500, registration fee, and P2A course

i am considering whether to continue acca in tarc/sunway after my degree. do u know when is tarc intake dates? i cant find it in their web site. if u know den i can save my phone calls. lolz.

hi newbie here. want to get some info for my daugther who wants to take CAT.

want to know the whole fees from CAT to ACCA in sunway college and also tarc. how much difference?

for sunway or tarc can my daughter apply ptptn loan? or any place offers ACCA and CAT too? can i know the price?

my daugther does not have any knowledge in accounting as she nvr take that subject in spm. can she catch up wif the existing students?

hope you all give me complete info.

from a worrying mother