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Our FCC Speakers Series is a unique opportunity for our members and their guests to listen, engage and discuss the latest local and international events and trends at the Club. The talks, organized by the Club’s Professional Committee, are hosted in the FCC’s main dining room, usually over lunch and occasionally over breakfast or dinner. The speaker typically gives initial remarks for 20 minutes and then takes questions for 20 minutes. The events are on the record, and videos of them go up on the Club’s website.

Aside from organizing guest speakers, the Professional Committee plans and produces evening documentary screenings, educational workshops, debates, speed-networking opportunities and events that benefit FCC members and provide opportunities for correspondents and journalists to grow professionally. See below for a full list of all club activities.
10 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sophie RICHARDSON Topic: Discussion and Q&A with Human Rights Watch China Director Sophie Richardson Over the past year, dozens of civil society activists, lawyers, bloggers and artists, including Ai Weiwei, have been victims of enforced disappearances – a form of extralegal detention by...
3 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew ROY Head of News, BBC World News Topic: Global news in a 24-Hour World The demands on global news have never been greater. 2011 was a year in which major news events around the world - from Japan to Egypt - have stretched international news operations in unprecedented ways. Andrew...
2 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers: Professor Michael E. DEGOLYER Hong Kong Baptist University Professor Sonny LO Hong Kong Institute of Education Topic: Local Elections, Long-Term Effects? The Hong Kong District Council Elections of 2011 – Survey Results Presentation The 2011 District Council elections are the first in a...
31 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: CHAN Koon-chung Author, Founder of “City” Magazine Topic: How China deals with its Awkward Squad of Dissenters CHAN Koon-chung, whose latest novel `The Fat Years' is set in a China that has become the world's top economic power while remaining a one-party state, will talk about how that ...
27 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Postponed until Further Notice Speaker: Karel De Gucht European Union Trade Commissioner An atmosphere of anxiety looms over the world economy. Developed countries fear competition from emerging economies. Europe's budgetary situation spreads uncertainty across the world. Stuttering growth and hi...
25 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: the Hon. Joe HOCKEY Federal Member for North Sydney and the Shadow Treasurer Topic: Australia's future engagement in the Asian century Joe HOCKEY, the opposition's finance spokesman will detail for the first time his views on Australia's future relations with Asia. Australia is the only ...
20 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John Terence HUNG SBS JP Topic: Reflections of a high flyer from Stanley Prison When Mr. HUNG was writing his book “Master of None” from inside Stanley Prison, apart from the experience of imprisonment, he also recounted the many events and people that have affected his life. The most dr...
13 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Hugo DIXON Editor, Breakingviews, Thomson Reuters Topic: The Euro Zone Debt Crisis: How bad is it, and what does it mean for Asia? With Greece nearing a default and global markets feeling the pain of a weak European response, what is likely to happen next as European officials wrestle to...
12 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sundaram TAGORE Director Topic: “The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar – An Artist’s Journey” Mr. TAGORE will introduce the story behind the film and talk about the making of the movie: How he as an art gallery operator found the inspiration to make a documentary, his approach towards fil...
10 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Clare HOLLINGWORTH's 100th birthday party The legendary foreign correspondent and doyenne of the FCC celebrated her 100th birthday on 10 October 2011. The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong © MMXI http://www.FCCHK.org http://www.YouTube.com/FCCHongKong
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