Accounting Education and Practice: The Singapore Experience
The rapid economic growth in Singapore over the last 3 decades has created a significant demand for accounting education and a need for a responsive professional accounting body to serve business and industry. A historical background of the development of accounting education and profession in Singa...
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| Language: | English |
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Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
1994
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| Online Access: | https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/611 |
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| Institution: | Singapore Management University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The rapid economic growth in Singapore over the last 3 decades has created a significant demand for accounting education and a need for a responsive professional accounting body to serve business and industry. A historical background of the development of accounting education and profession in Singapore is presented. The relationship between accounting education and practice is described to provide a better appreciation of the important role accounting plays in the economic growth and success of a nation. For historical reasons, corporate financial reporting practices and standard setting in Singapore are, to a large extent, patterned after the practices adopted in the UK and other Commonwealth countries. |
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