Penultimate year, how strict in HK, any way to get away?

I am a native Chinese, completing a one-year MSc in a top UK school. Targeting HK IBD and applying 2014 SA. I heard HK BBs are quite strict about penultimate year requirements, compared to UK banks. A friend of mine told me the way to get away with that is to lie about the graduation year, say you put 2015. While I also heard an unfortunate guy whose MS HK IBD SA offer got rescinded when being found out by HR about his true graduation year later. I would really appreciate if any one has been into this situation, applying SA as a final year student in HK, or knows some one who does that before. Can name a few banks penultimate year policy would be even better. Thanks in advance!