23 January 2004 -Singapore accounting member, Tan Leng Cheo & Partners, was conferred the Gold Star Award for the third time in October 2003 by the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), the world’s largest body of professional accountants.

The Gold Star Award is a recognition by the ACCA that training and staff development in the firm approaches best practice across all the key areas. TLC&P was first awarded the Gold Star in 1999 and again in 2000 valid to 2003. The third Gold Star Award is valid for five years to 2008.

MSI members working together in the Asia-Pacific
TLC&P invests significantly in training and research to deliver global standards of service to its clients. Not surprisingly, TLC&P was invited to submit proposals to co-ordinate the audits of the Asia Pacific subsidiaries of a U. S. corporation, listed on NASDAQ in November 2003. This was a major exercise in getting proposals from MSI accounting members in Sydney, Auckland, Hong Kong and in other Asia-Pacific cities. Frankie Tan, partner at the firm, says: "Special thanks must go to Peter Whiteman in Sydney, Bret Campbell in Auckland and Terence Leung in Hong Kong. For Peter and Bret, it was a major sacrifice of their valuable time during the Rugby World Cup! PLP Auditing Office, the MSI member firm in Bangkok, also provided accounting services to the Thailand office of the same U. S. corporation.

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Frankie Tan recently assisted MSI law member Dan Lanahan of Lanahan & Reilley to set up Endomatrix Inc’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. Meetings were arranged at very short notice with the Singapore Government’s investment agency as well as its venture capital funds and private investment arm.

Frankie Tan was also delighted to work with Angelo Carvalho of Carvalho Associates in Chennai, India, on the audit, tax and accounting requirements of an Indian software company headquartered in Singapore.