July 7, 2020
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong on July 7 noted the statement by Chief Executive Carrie Lam at a press conference before the Executive Council meeting in which she answered questions about the new National Security Law.
In answer to a question regarding letters from the FCC seeking a...
July 7, 2020
Journalists in Hong Kong must be a lot more serious about protecting their sources and data if they are to navigate the new national security law.
That was the opinion of three panelists discussing the impact of the new legislation on press freedom in the city. The event on July 7 came a week aft...
7 Jul 2020 12:30 PM
LUNCH PANEL
What the National Security Law Means for Press Freedom
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch
1:10pm – Address
1st Floor
The National Security Law is now Hong Kong’s “new normal,” and several of its provisions carry potentially significant implicati...
July 2, 2020
On 24 June, the FCC wrote an open letter to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, the Hon Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, urgently seeking clarification of the potential impact of the pending national security law on the city's media including foreign correspondents and the broader implications for press...
June 29, 2020
The latest group of members to join the FCC is, as always, an interesting bunch. The Membership Committee meets regularly to go through applications and is always impressed by the diversity of people who want to join the Club.
Sue-Lin Wong
I am the Financial Times’ South China Correspondent cov...
June 25, 2020
Photographs by David Kennerly
Former FCC member David Hume Kennerly has been a photographer on the front lines of history for 55 years. At age 25 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Feature Photography. His winning portfolio included images of the Vietnam and Cambodia wars, refug...
June 22, 2020
Mind HK held its Media Awards 2019 ceremony at the Club on January 14, an event postponed from November due to protest activity. The awards, in their second year, were launched to “celebrate the best portrayals of mental health in the media”. Sue Brattle reports.
Student Journalist runn...
June 12, 2020
Laurel Chor, a freelancer and FCC member, has been given an honourable mention in the International Women’s Media Foundation's (IWMF) annual Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award for her coverage of the Hong Kong protests and showing the region’s struggle for democracy, freedom and h...
May 28, 2020
Freedom of the press is backsliding across Asia as authoritarian leaders demand total control over information. Beijing is meanwhile exerting control over the media in China and outside the mainland, and governments are implementing laws that silence dissenters and motivate self-censorship. Amy G...
May 23, 2020
It is feared that the national security law proposed by China will stifle press freedom and cripple independent media in Hong Kong, the International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, said.
The National People’s Congress of China is meet...
