September 26, 2017
There has been a great outpouring of international and local support for Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow following their sentencing at the Hong Kong Appeals Court on August 17.
The following Sunday thousands marched – said to be the biggest protest since the 2014 Occupy movement – led by p...
September 22, 2017
In 2003, Article 23 of the Basic Law was withdrawn after it became clear the Legislative Council would not pass it. Fourteen years on, a new government in Hong Kong, new directives from China and a change in mood generally mean the law could be back on the table. Stephen Vines looks at the implic...
September 20, 2017
Please join us in extending a warm welcome to the club’s newest members. The membership committee meets regularly to go through the applications and are always impressed by the diversity of the prospective members. As you would expect there’s a healthy mix of Correspondents and Journalists and As...
September 19, 2017
Chris Patten spoke about Hong Kong and its political issues at the FCC.
Chris Patten, Hong Kong’s last colonial governor, said he hopes Hongkongers on opposing political sides will have a “dialogue” instead of talking about “killing one another”, following a university campus spat over independen...
September 8, 2017
Michael Vatikiotis discussed Southeast Asia's political and economic issues at the FCC. Photo: Sarah Graham/FCC
A "democracy deficit" fuelled by conflict, religious division and widespread corruption has led to instability in Southeast Asia - and things will improve but at a cost, according to a ...
August 29, 2017
President Donald Trump could have done better in denouncing white supremacists in Charlottesville but he has a tendency to be extremely imprecise, said his supporter and campaigner, Ying Ma.
The question was raised during the August 29 club lunch at which Ms Ma, an author and former deputy direct...
FCC backs HKJA and HKPPA joint statement on barring of Hong Kong journalists from reporting in Macau
August 27, 2017
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong supports this statement from the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA) and the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) over the Macau Government's denial of entry for four Hong Kong journalists into Macau.
The Hong Kong Press Photographe...
7 Sep 2017 12:30 PM
Struggling Tigers Confront the Rising Dragon:
Power and Conflict in Southeast Asia
Speaker: Michael Vatikiotis
Mediator in Armed Conflict
Asia Regional Director, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1...
August 24, 2017
Do you have a charity in Hong Kong you feel passionately about? Want to raise its profile and generate some funds to help it develop further? If so, the FCC Charity Committee would like to hear from you.
A key to the development of the FCC’s charity programme is to encourage as many members as po...
30 Aug 2017 06:45 PM
How I Made It Big: Lessons From Building
One of Asia's Biggest Matchmaking Sites
Speaker: Dr. Song Li
Founder & Chairman, Zhenai.com
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017
6:45PM FOR 7:00PM – LIGHT BUFFET DINNER
7:30PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR
What does it take to build a succe...
