General English standard of students Question 1: How bad is the situation? 1. HKEAA recently completed the first administration of the TSA of Primary 3 students to assess their performance against professionally defined competences in Chinese‚ English and Mathematics. Surprisingly‚ there are 25% of students who fail in English. 2. In the 2009 HKCEE and HKALE English examinations‚ there are some unacceptable mistakes such as some students spelled banana wrongly to ‘’banna’’ and ‘’bananna’’
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In the article “How Bridesmaids Set the New Standard for Women in Comedy” published on the website The Artifice‚ the authors emphasizes how actresses in comedy are just as entertaining as men and can now make jokes that actors use to only make and women would stay away from. The article disects the film Bridesmaids and goes into detailed examples as to how actresssess in comedy are starting to break down the barrier of whats acceptable from women in film. The first type of joke the author(s) go
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ACCOUNTING Harmonization of Accounting Standards Samir S. Mogul < E X E C U T I V E S U M M A R Y > ◆ International community has long back recognised the need for moving towards harmonisation of the accounting standard across the globe. Obviously on individual country is always entitled to costomise the existing international accounting Standards according to its specific needs. Among other advantages of harmonisation of accounting standards‚ the two benefits which tops the list are (a)
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Accounting Standards Boards Paper In recent years there has been significant changes made in our understanding of the relationship between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). At present both the IASB and FASB are working on a joint venture referred to as the convergence project in hopes of eliminating a variety of differences between International Financial Reporting Standards and U.S. GAAP. Another area covered in this paper besides
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Corporate governance Ethical Standards Conflicts of InterestIn accordance with the Constitution and the Corporations Act 2001‚ Directors are required to disclose to the Board any material contract in which they may have an interest. In compliance with section 195 of the Corporations Act 2001 any Director with a material personal interest in a matter being considered by the Board will not vote on or be present when the matter is being considered. If the material personal interest is disclosed or
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The New Government Accounting System: Issues in Public Audit 1 Introduction Historically‚ the growth of government auditing and accounting in the Philippines was greatly influenced by the administrative practices in the United States‚ so much so that during the time that the General Accounting Office in the United States was responsible for the government’s accounting‚ that concept was similarly introduced in the Philippines. Unfortunately‚ by the time the practice was abandoned in the United States
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STANDARD 7 PERSON CENTRED SUPPORT 1. Promote person centred values in everyday work 1.1 Understand how to put person centred values into practice in your day to day work By protecting the rights and promote the interest of the individuals‚ strive to establish and maintained the trust of the each individuals‚ promote individual’s independence while protecting them from harm and danger‚ respect the right of the individuals while making sure that they don’t harm others. 1.2 Understand
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Chapter 1 Financial Accounting and Accounting Standards Intermediate Accounting‚ 15th Edition Kieso‚ Weygandt‚ and Warfield 1 Financial Statements and Financial Reporting • Goals or purpose of (financial) accounting – Identification‚ measurement‚ and communication of financial information about – An economic entity to – Interested Parties (internal and external) • Creditors‚ managers‚ unions‚ government agencies Financial reports (statements) & notes 2 Financial Statements
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PSEUDOCODE STANDARD Example Pseudocode is a kind of structured english for describing algorithms. It allows the designer to focus on the logic of the algorithm without being distracted by details of language syntax. At the same time‚ the pseudocode needs to be complete. It describe the entire logic of the algorithm so that implementation becomes a rote mechanical task of translating line by line into source code. In general the vocabulary used in the pseudocode should be the vocabulary of
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Ministry of Health established the National Drinking Water Quality Standards (NDWQS) in 1983‚ with the most recent revision in 2000 due for circulation for use in 2002. The standards stipulate limits for physical‚ chemical‚ microbiological and radiological parameters and compliance with these standards is mandatory for all private water suppliers. Supporting documentation is available to ensure effective implementation of the standards and include information on the National Programmed for Drinking
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