The 36 Years of Heritage
Mildstone Developments
CSA Professional
(1st version)
WORKING WITH THE COMPANIES REGISTRY
Participated in redesigning the format of the Annual Return into A4 size (replacing the former A3 long form), thus ensuring compatibility with laser printers through the use of PCL instruction sets.
This initiative was under the support of Mr. Gordon Jones, then Registrar of Companies, whose vision was to advance the computerization of statutory form generation, thereby enhancing the legibility, clarity, and uniformity of completed entries.CSA Professional was introduced as the advanced edition of the original CSA. The original CSA was subsequently renamed CSA Classic.
| Solutions | Year | Activities | 活動 |
| CSA (1st version) | 1990 | ||
| CSA Professional (1st version) | 1991 | Participated in redesigning the format of the Annual Return into A4 size (replacing the former A3 long form), thus ensuring compatibility with laser printers through the use of PCL instruction sets. This initiative was under the support of Mr. Gordon Jones, then Registrar of Companies, whose vision was to advance the computerization of statutory form generation, thereby enhancing the legibility, clarity, and uniformity of completed entries.CSA Professional was introduced as the advanced edition of the original CSA. The original CSA was subsequently renamed CSA Classic. | 參與重新設計《周年申報表》格式，將原本的 A3 長身表改為 A4 規格，並透過 PCL 指令集確保與雷射印表機相容。 此項倡議獲得當時公司註冊處處長鍾悟思先生的支持，他的願景是推動法定表格電腦化生成，以提升填報內容的可讀性、清晰度及一致性。推出 CSA Professional 作為原本 CSA 的進階版本，而原本的 CSA 則更名為 CSA Classic。 |
| CSA Classic 1.5 | 1992 | ||
| CSA Classic 1.8 | 1993 | ||
| 1993 | Published the first issue of CSA Newsletter addressing relevant issues under the Companies Ordinance. | 出版首期 CSA Newsletter，專門探討《公司條例》下的相關議題。 | |
| CSA Professional 3.0 | 1994 | Conducted several CSA workshops at the School of Continuing Education of the Hong Kong Baptist College (now Hong Kong Baptist University).Published the first issue of CSA Technical Support Bulletin to help users solving technical problems. | 於香港浸會學院（現為香港浸會大學）校外進修學院舉辦多場 CSA 工作坊。出版首期 CSA Technical Support Bulletin，協助用戶解決技術問題。 |
| CSA Professional 4.0 | 1995 | Held over ten seminars Introduction to Company Secretarial Practice to young professionals at the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries (now the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute).Organized several CSA User Group Meetings on specific topics namely, Share capital, Foreign companies (now non-Hong Kong companies), Listed companies, Mortgage and charges, Liquidation and dormant companies, and Minutes and resolutions | 於香港公司秘書公會（現為香港公司治理公會）為年輕專業人士舉辦逾十場〈公司秘書實務導論〉研討會。組織多場 「CSA 用戶小組會議」，討論專題涵蓋：股本、海外公司（現稱非香港公司）、上市公司、按揭及押記、清盤與不活動公司，以及會議記錄與決議等範疇。 |
| 1996 | Invited to attend a meeting of the Bill Committee on the Companies (Amendment) Bill 1996 at the Legislative Council to present our views, together with feedback from users collected through a survey conducted by P & L Associates.Published the first issue of the CSA Circular to update users on product features and legislative changes.Began conducting CSA workshops at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi campus) | 獲邀出席立法會《公司（修訂）條例草案 1996》法案委員會會議發表意見，並提交由 P & L Associates 所進行的一項用戶調查的回饋。出版首期 CSA Circular，為用戶報導產品更新及法例修訂的訊息。開始於香港專業教育學院（青衣分校）主持 CSA 工作坊。 | |
| CSA for Windows (1st version) | 1997 | Organized several CSA User Group Meetings for different industries namely, CPA firms, Law firms, Listed companies, Non-listed group of companies, and a special group for the then “Big Six” CPA firms. | 組織多場 「CSA 用戶小組會議」，涵蓋不同界別，包括會計師事務所、律師事務所、上市公司、非上市集團公司，以及為當時「六大」會計師事務所設立的專屬小組。 |
| CSA Professional 5.0 | 1998 | Began conducting lectures and workshops at the City University of Hong Kong on Computer Applications in Company Secretarial Practice.Began conducting CSA workshops at the Caritas Francis Hsu College (now Saint Francis University). | 開始於香港城市大學主持〈公司秘書實務之電腦應用〉講座及工作坊。開始於明愛徐誠斌學院（現為聖方濟各大學）主持 CSA 工作坊。 |
| CSA Professional 5.1 | 1999 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus (1st version) | 2000 | CSA Professional Plus was launched to extensively support bilingual (English and Chinese) data input and output of forms, documents, and reports. | 推出 CSA Professional Plus 以全面支援英、中雙語資料輸入與表格、文件及報表的輸出。 |
| CSA Professional Plus 1.1 | 2001 | ||
| 2001 | Began conducting CSA workshops at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Morrison Hill campus and Tuen Mun campus) | 開始於香港專業教育學院（摩理臣山分校及屯門分校）主持 CSA 工作坊。 | |
| CSA Professional Plus 1.2 | 2002 | ||
| CPAnywhere (1st version) | 2002 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus 1.3 | 2003 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus 2.0 | 2004 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus 2.1 | 2005 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus 2.2 | 2006 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus R3 v1 | 2007 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus R3 v2 | 2008 | ||
| CSA Professional Plus R3 v3 | 2009 | ||
| CSA Expert (1st version) | 2010 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 1.1.0) | 2011 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 1.2.4) | 2012 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 2.0.2) | 2013 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.0.0) | 2014 | Year 2014 marked the commencement of the new Companies Ordinance (with chapter 622 replacing chapter 32). All statutory forms in CSA were updated accordingly.The e‑Filing function through the CR’s e‑Services Portal was first incorporated into CSA Expert (version 3.2.0), beginning with the e‑Incorporation service for Hong Kong companies. | 2014 年標誌著新《公司條例》的生效（第 622 章取代第 32 章）。 CSA 中的所有法定表格亦隨即更新。透過公司註冊處電子服務平台的電子申報功能，首次在 CSA Expert (版本3.2.0) 中加入。 第一個開通的功能為香港公司的電子註冊服務。 |
| CSA Expert (from version 3.2.3) | 2015 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.3.1) | 2016 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.4.0) | 2017 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.5.1) | 2018 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.5.7) | 2019 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.6.2) | 2020 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 3.6.4) | 2021 | ||
| AML for CSA (1st version) | 2021 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 4.1.0) | 2022 | Published the first issue of the P & L Newsletter, providing latest updates on P & L’s major software solutions, including CSA, AML for CSA, and CPAnywhere. Designed as a permanent, integrated periodical, it consolidates and sustains all previously issued user communications. | 出版首期P & L Newsletter，提供 P & L 主要軟體解決方案的最新資訊，包括 CSA、AML for CSA 以及 CPAnywhere。 此刊物設計為永久整合的期刊，用以統整並延續以往所有的用戶通訊。 |
| CSA Expert (from version 5.1.0) | 2023 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 6.1.0) | 2024 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 6.5.0) | 2025 | ||
| ASCAN Online | 2025 | ||
| CSA Expert (from version 6.7.0) | 2026 |
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