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Our centenary year retrospective
A year of celebration: responsibility
In 2004, ACCA celebrated one hundred years of providing opportunity to people around the world. The theme of the centenary year was responsibility. Throughout our history, we have put qualities such as high standards, diversity, international relevance, integrity and innovation at the heart of everything we do. This is an ideal platform from which to launch the next hundred years, and as ACCA's centenary year came to a close, we reflected on some of the successful celebrations and events which took place.The centenary year saw ACCA announce its 100,000th member - Amy Lam - and organise over 30 centenary business seminars in 30 countries highlighting ACCA's influence and involvement in the communities it works in. More than 10,000 guests attended seminars and celebrations and a further 10,000 viewed recorded interviews online. 10,000 responses to ACCA's centenary research were received and 110,000 hits on ACCA's Centenary website were recorded.
The launch of ACCA's centenary year took place on 1 December 2003 in Hong Kong. Over 100 guests enjoyed a pleasant evening reception at the Bank of China Tower.
Former president Sam Wong launched the celebrations, with high-profile speakers from around the world: Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, Madam Feng Shu-Ping, assistant minister of finance in the People's Republic of China and ACCA's chief executive Allen Blewitt. The speakers were then invited to cut a cake made especially for the launch and to toast ACCA's success.
The event was broadcast live via the internet. In Hong Kong, we received coverage in two supplements in the South China Morning Post and Hong Kong Economic Times, with many congratulatory messages from ministers, employers and tuition providers. The supplements included interviews with Allen Blewitt, Fion Yip, greater China director, Sam Wong, Leo Lee, former ACCA Hong Kong president, and several key business figures from the region.
ACCA's success and international growth over the last 100 years was celebrated by Trinidad Newsday and the Trinidad Guardian. Similar articles also appeared in the Malaysian and Sri Lankan press.