Day 4
Traditionally, the last day of the conference has always been dedicated to site visits of either "leading manufacturer" of "point of interest"and "business meeting" where APMAA members discuss future strategies. APMAA 2010 in Taipeh had included a site visit to HTC Manufacturing (a leading global technological company). Meanwhile, APMAA 2011 in Kuala Lumpur had introduced Putrajaya, state of the art State Capital of Malaysia For APMAA 2012, participants were taken to visit the Xiamen Island and Xiamen Bay. Xiamen Bay is a partially enclosed bay off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province, China and surrounded by Jinmen islands and open waters. Historically, we have been informed by the tour guide that Xiamen Bay remained open to foreigners to do trades. As such, most of the buldings by the bay are influenced by Western architecture. The Xiamen island is privately owned by a Chinese Tycoon and it has become a "must visit" place for tourists. We were taken to Xiamen Island by ferry. At the island, we visited various points of interest such as the piano museum, botanical garden, xiamen cave and the harbour. We were told that Xiamen Bay is an important economic region for Xiamen as well as the whole of Fujian province in China. The bay has numerous port, transport infrastructure, shipbuilding and petrochemical industries. After the Xiamen Bay visit, APMAA members held a business meeting to discuss the future development of the association. Some of the matters being discussed include among others, the following:
- The appointment of Professor Jimmy Tsay as forthcoming APMAA president (After the Nagoya APMAA 2013 conference)
- The appointments of two new journal reviewers for APMAA Journal - The Asia Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ). Both Professor Michael Bromwich from LSE and Professor Thomas Hammel have agreed to the appointments
- The appoinment of Trisakthi University, Indonesia to host the 2015 APMAA Conference
- The appoinments of new country representatives for Emerates and New Zealand
Traditionally, the last day of the conference has always been dedicated to site visits of either "leading manufacturer" of "point of interest"and "business meeting" where APMAA members discuss future strategies. APMAA 2010 in Taipeh had included a site visit to HTC Manufacturing (a leading global technological company). Meanwhile, APMAA 2011 in Kuala Lumpur had introduced Putrajaya, state of the art State Capital of Malaysia For APMAA 2012, participants were taken to visit the Xiamen Island and Xiamen Bay. Xiamen Bay is a partially enclosed bay off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province, China and surrounded by Jinmen islands and open waters. Historically, we have been informed by the tour guide that Xiamen Bay remained open to foreigners to do trades. As such, most of the buldings by the bay are influenced by Western architecture. The Xiamen island is privately owned by a Chinese Tycoon and it has become a "must visit" place for tourists. We were taken to Xiamen Island by ferry. At the island, we visited various points of interest such as the piano museum, botanical garden, xiamen cave and the harbour. We were told that Xiamen Bay is an important economic region for Xiamen as well as the whole of Fujian province in China. The bay has numerous port, transport infrastructure, shipbuilding and petrochemical industries. After the Xiamen Bay visit, APMAA members held a business meeting to discuss the future development of the association. Some of the matters being discussed include among others, the following:
