Dear Members,

 

Since the Observatory will consider issuing the Number 8 Gale or Storm Signal until tomorrow (August 2, 2016), we would like to inform you that our “breakfast menu” will be suspended tomorrow and our “abbreviated bar menu” and

“daily lunch – carving of the day” will still be available tomorrow. The serving time of our bar menu and carving of the day will remain unchanged, starting from 12:00nn.

 

Thank you for your kind attention and we welcome you to sit it and enjoy our facilities.

 

August 1, 2016

Dear Members,

Please note that at the meeting of the FCC Board of Governors held April 16, the Board resolved by majority decisions to:

Increase the monthly membership subscription fee by $150 per month, to $1,100 from $950. The increases will take effect from July 1.

Proceed with the drafting of a proposed amendment to Article 7 that will allow future Boards to consider whether or not attaching a fee to the spouse membership privilege is appropriate. (Any such amendment would require at least 75% support at a general meeting).

To continue to develop and investigate other options available, including a minimum spending requirement, as reflected in the opinions of the membership at the Town Hall meeting.

To publish the minutes of the Board discussion of the issue on the club’s website earlier than usual, ideally within seven days of this notice, in recognition of the wide membership interest in the matter.

FCC Administration Office
April 18, 2016

This is a unique position that involves editing The Correspondent – our club magazine, which is currently published every second month.

Contract period: One year from contract signing.
Contract termination: Two months notice or otherwise as agreed between both parties.
Deadline for bid: Friday 5 August 2016
Please note: It is expected that the contract will start 1 September 2016

1. Editorial:

The Correspondent Editor will be responsible for The Correspondent, the print magazine of the FCC, one of the world’s leading and most prestigious press clubs.

Editor, The Correspondent is responsible for:

• producing new content for The Correspondent and writing it in an interesting and appealing manner;
• creating schedules and agreeing deadlines;
• planning, generating, commissioning, coordinating freelance writers and editing articles for The Correspondent;
• sourcing images and artwork, and commissioning photographers;
• liaising with clients or internal departments; and
• liaising with the Digital, Online and Social Media Editor to source the best of the online content for inclusion in The Correspondent.

 

All of the above will be done in consultation with the Communications Committee, which retains all control over the editorial content, and within the editorial budget as outlined by the Committee.

Editor, The Correspondent will lead an editorial team with additional support from FCC administration. You will work closely with a range of individuals, from web designers/developers and project/account managers to photographers and marketing professionals. It is essential that you understand FCC’s target audience and requirements.

It is important to be interested in:

• Producing high-quality print media reflecting the values and traditions of the FCC; and
• The place of The Correspondent as part of the FCC’s total communications offering.

 

2. Advertising

Advertising sales is not required. Production of advertisements and in-house advertisements is to be dealt with by production house.

3. Design and layout, production

The production house is responsible for all aspects of production to meet agreed deadlines.

4. Printing

The production house is responsible for all aspects of printing. Payment to be dealt with directly by invoice from the printer to the club.

The Correspondent bi-monthly magazine specifications (subject to revision)

Size: 210mm x 285mm, 40 pages including cover
Stock: Cover: 4pp, 128gsm Matt art paper
Colour: 4C + 4C
Binding: Two saddle stitched.
Delivery: Local delivery
Quantity: 2,300 pieces

5. Mailing

The production house is responsible for coordinating mailing: printing plastic envelopes, stuffing envelopes and bundling, collecting labels, delivery to GPO and FCC.

6. Confirmation that any and all additional costs must have prior approval from the FCC through the Communications Committee.

7. Confirmation that the FCC through the Communications Committee retains final approval for all content for publication.

8. Confirmation that the successful applicant’s services are peripheral to the Club’s operation and are not integrated into it.

9. Confirmation that the FCC holds all copyright.

10. Hiring helpers to fulfill the job requirement is entirely up to the successful applicant’s decision at his/her own costs.

11. Payment will be released upon submission of invoice by original copy.

Any questions should be addressed to the Communications Committee or the General Manager Gilbert Cheng.

Please acknowledge receipt of this invitation to the FCC and confirm that you will be bidding. Interested parties will be required to submit a copy of your business registration together with your bid before the deadline.

The bid shall be submitted to:
FCC
North Block
2 Lower Albert Road
Central HK

or email [email protected] stating the position applied for in the subject line.

The Communications Committee

June 22, 2016

PRESIDENT:
		Number of votes
	1. Tara JOSEPH – Reuters	76
FIRST-VICE PRESIDENT:
	2. Keith BRADSHER – The New York Times	70
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT:
	3. Wyng CHOW – The Standard	107
	4. Timothy HUXLEY – Wah Kwong Maritime Transport	197
CORRESPONDENT MEMBER GOVERNORS:
	5. Ryan Christopher BROOKS – Thomson Reuters	40
	6. Florence DE CHANGY – Le Monde and French National Radio	46
	7. Nicholas GENTLE – Bloomberg News	49
	8. Stewart HAWKINS – Bloomberg News	36
	9. Nan-Hie IN – Freelance	47
	10. Juliana LIU – BBC News	58
	11. Paul Stephen MOZUR – The New York Times	49
	12. Carsten SCHAEL – Carsten Schael Photography	50
	13. Kate WHITEHEAD – Freelance	52
	14. Eric WISHART – Agence France-Presse	65
JOURNALIST MEMBER GOVERNORS:
	15. Clifford BUDDLE – SCMP	63
	16. James GOULD – RTHK	55
ASSOCIATE MEMBER GOVERNORS:
	17. Paul CHRISTENSEN – Retired telecommunications executive	133
	18. Kevin Barry H. EGAN – Baskerville Chambers	183
	19. Jonathan Gordon HOPFNER – New Narrative Ltd.	99
	20. Elaine PICKERING – Vision 2047 foundation	195
	21. Simon PRITCHARD – Gavekal Research	176
	22. Nigel SHARMAN – Clifford Chance	157

 

There is a health talk and travel health advice given by the Department of Health for the media representative who will depart for Brazil to cover the Rio 2016 Olympic.

Health advice for travelers to Brazil and health risks, prevention of Zika virus infection, preparation before departure and personal and food hygiene will be covered in the talk.

Details of the health talk are as follows:
Date:    Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Time:   3 p.m.
Venue: ISD Press Conference Room
25/F
Harbour Building
38 Pier Road
Central

Remarks:
1.     The talk is conducted in Cantonese with simultaneous interpretation service in English.

Among local electronic and print media, like TVB, RTHK SCMP, Apple Daily, Oriental Daily, Ming Pao and Sing Tao Daily will deploy their staff to Brazil and their representatives have been invited to the health talk.

For further arrangement and enquiry, please contact the Information & Public Relations Unit of the Department of Health by (email) [email protected] or [email protected] , (tel) 2961 8560 or 2961 8540 or (fax) 2836 0079.

 

Welcome to the FCC’s new website!

 

We are delighted that you’ve come to visit, and hope the site highlights all the best the FCC has to offer: from our world-class speaker events, to our close watch on press freedom issues and all the many wonderful happenings at 2 Lower Albert Road.

 

For years to come, we hope that you will find www.fcchk.org an important resource on the state of the press and news-related issues in the region, and that you will continue reveling in our in-house updates from “The Correspondent.”

 

The website’s new features include a scrolling Twitter feed (follow us @FCCHK!), a public correspondents and journalists directory, and easier-to-find archives of our speaker events. For our members, please take the time to create a login: you’ll see that we’ve introduced a member directory function, while we also aim to build this as an online platform for improved communications and interaction.

The unveiling of this site is a culmination of months of work from the tireless staff at the front office, the exceptional team at Asiapix and our website re-designers BlueCurrent, along with the dedicated and passionate members that have served on the Communications Committee and board of governors for the past few years.

We are proud of all their contributions and thank everyone for their efforts.

Enjoy exploring our club’s new digital home!

Angie Lau, Juliana Liu and Natasha Khan
Communications Committee Co-Conveners, 2015-2016

This is a unique position with the opportunity to implement a complete digital strategy for the FCC, including timely updates of the new FCC website, relevant and important posts on social media as well as assisting with the FCC communications programme such as the “FCC Activities” email that is sent to members. The Club makes it a priority that content be published online both promptly and accurately, with the best of the online content being made available for repurposing in The Correspondent, a tender for the publication of which is being offered separately.

Contract period: One year from contract signing.
Contract termination: Two months notice or otherwise as agreed between both parties.
Deadline for bid: Friday 5 August 2016
Please note: It is expected that the contract will start 1 September 2016

1. Editorial:

The FCC digital, online and social media editor will be responsible for the content and images on the new FCC website. You will plan, research, write copy and edit the content of the website. You will publish timely posts on behalf of the FCC on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Linked In and other social media. You will also be responsible for creating and publishing a visually attractive FCC Activities email and prepare other emails to publicise FCC news and events as required.

The FCC digital online and social media editor is responsible for:

• producing new content and writing it in an interesting and appealing manner;
• planning and outlining the appropriate placement of FCC content on the website;
• maintaining the FCC website and ensuring the information is accurate and current; and
• publishing social media posts on Facebook and Twitter about forthcoming events, speaker lunches, musical entertainment etc.

 

All of the above will be done in consultation with the Communications Committee, which retains all control over the editorial content, and within the editorial budget as outlined by the Committee

Your social media responsibilities include pushing content through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Linked In and other social media platforms. You may delegate duties, but will be ultimately responsible for the editorial direction and consistency of communication via various online platforms.

You will update the website almost daily and regularly as required with new editorial content. You will select which news and events to feature on the homepage. Once events have happened, those notifications should be removed from any “forthcoming events” pages or sections within 24 hours of the event having taken place.

It is expected that you will spend 15-20 hours per week fulfilling this role.

Any questions should be addressed to the Communications Committee or the General Manager Gilbert Cheng.

Please acknowledge receipt of this invitation to the FCC and confirm that you will be bidding. Interested parties will be required to submit a copy of your business registration together with your bid before the deadline.

The bid shall be submitted to:
FCC
North Block
2 Lower Albert Road
Central HK

or email [email protected] stating the position applied for in the subject line.

 

The Communications Committee

June 22, 2016

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong (FCC) is looking for a suitable individual or company to carry out the following project:

Music Consultant

Contract period: 1 October 2016 – 30 September 2017 (12 months)

Deadline for tender: Friday 12 August 2016 at 6pm

 

MISSION

Bringing live jazz music by arranging weekly and monthly Jazz performances or other music events to the Club.

 

BACKGROUND

The late Bert Okuley was a distinguished jazz pianist foreign correspondent and former FCC President. He brought live Jazz music to the FCC and since his death a bistro in the Club has been named “Bert’s”.

To commemorate the late Bert Okuley, “Bert’s” features Hong Kong-based and international jazz artists three nights a week. Artists from around the globe grace Bert’s stage. Bert’s has now become Hong Kong’s only dedicated jazz-bar venue.

 

ROLE OF THE MUSIC CONSULTANT

• The Music Consultant will be engaged as an independent contractor for providing music consultancy services for the FCC and shall be fully responsible for planning music events, arranging performances, directly engaging performing musicians, staging, managing and coordinating musical events when they are happening.
• The Music Consultant may or may not be a performing musician, although it would be an advantage if they were.
• The Music Consultant will report directly to the FCC’s House Committee and will liaise logistically through the Club’s management. Each month, the Music Consultant will present to FCC’s House Committee a program for the coming month(s) with a detailed production budget for the performances being recommended for prior approval. The production budget will include the cost on  the Music Consultant’s engagement of its own performing musicians, stage design, scheduling and promotional costs of the event.
• Subject to the monthly agreed performance schedule and the pre-approved budget, the Music Consultant shall have full liberty to engage and arrange its own performing musicians and be fully responsible for all acts and performances of its own performing musicians. The FCC reserves the right to withhold and/or refuse to make any payment in the event that the performing musicians fail to perform and/or show up to any performance and the Music Consultant shall be fully responsible for the FCC’s loss.
• The Music Consultant shall at all times be fully responsible for all acts and performances of its own performing musicians including but not limited to ensuring that all performing musicians have the right to perform in Hong Kong and are not in breach of any rules and regulations including any immigration rules and regulations; to acquiring and arranging all necessary insurance coverage for the performing musicians, ensuring full compliance with all rules and regulations including but not limited to the filing of any tax return, any tax payment, contributions of Mandatory Provident funds and compliance with any other rules and regulations under the laws of Hong Kong at the sole expense and costs of the Music Consultant.
• The FCC holds all copyrights on all materials that are recorded on its premises and retains final approval for all content before any future release. The FCC also reserves all rights to add, edit and remove any content before and after such release.

 

EXPECTATION ON THE MUSIC CONSULTANT 

• The musical equipment provided by the Club is solely for convenience of the Music Consultant and/or the performing musicians’ performances’ usage at the Club. The Music Consultant holds full responsibility for maintaining the musical equipment in good condition whether under his/her usage or that of the performers arranged and engaged by the Music Consultant, beyond normal wear and tear.
• In the event that any equipment fails to function the Music Consultant should report in detail to the Club Manager not later than the next working day.
• If Bert’s is closed on a scheduled performance date for either a private function or a public holiday, two weeks’ notice shall be given to the Music Consultant, who will be expected to re-schedule performances to another day (within the following 60 days), subject to prior consultation with the Club Manager.
• Upon submission of monthly invoices of any personal performance fees from any personal performances from the Music Consultant, payment will be made within 15 days to the Music Consultant, subject to completion of an agreed monthly performance schedule.

 

Project Description

The Music Consultant is required to:

• Maintain the musical equipment in good condition.
• Maintain the CD collection or other reproduction technology used for background music.
• Focus on the jazz club’s events, but also assist with other musical events held at the Club.
• Assist in promotion of the scheduled events.
• Provide an annual budget for new and/or replacement of musical equipment to avoid ad hoc purchase.
• For weekly performances the Music Consultant is expected to:

1. Arrange bands and/or performers up to three nights per week
2. Set up the sessions on each weeknight
3. Submit the weekly performance schedule at least one month prior to the performing month
4. Perform, if appropriate

• Submit a monthly Saturday performance schedule to the House Committee, to be accepted by them, at least two months in advance of anticipated performances. No Saturday performance is required in December and Chinese New Year month, however there should be not less than 10 Saturday performances within the contract term.
• Submit a report of the work undertaken during the contract period to the House Committee through the Club Manager no later than 15 September 2017. The report should include a list of all equipment under the usage of the Music Consultant.
• For New Year’s Eve entertainment the Musical Consultant will:

1. Submit a New Year’s Eve proposal to the Club by the time of the House committee meeting in the 2^nd week of October. 2016.
2. Arrange for  and engage band(s) & DJ(s) to perform..
3. The band should be not less than a Trio and a singer who will perform not less than 6 hours between 2000 hrs and 0200hrs. There should be 6 sets of performances with each set lasting at least 45 minutes and 10 minutes break between each set.

• For both the weekly performances and the New Year’s Eve entertainment, the Music Consultant shall include any associated expenses, including payments or extra holiday payment to all its assistants, performers and musicians in the project sum.

 

Submission of Tender

• Interested parties are required to submit their tenders together with a CV and a recording of a recent jazz musical performance [not shorter than three minutes which may be submitted by email or on a CD] along with a copy of their business registration form.
• The tender should include the required monthly fee to be paid by the FCC to the Music Consultant.
• The tender should also include a projected monthly budget for hiring musicians and performers.
• Submissions should include a one-month performance plan (assume it is October 2016). The plan should showcase the kind of performers the applicant would bring to the FCC. Assume performances in Bert’s take place on each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and one Saturday night in the period. In this plan, anticipated payments to performers and musicians should be itemized.

 

Apply before the deadline to:

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong
North Block
2, Lower Albert Road
Central, Hong Kong

Please quote reference code “Music2016” and indicate “Tender for Music Consultant” on your tender submission.

Upon successful tender, the Music Consultant to be engaged by the FCC shall enter into a formal contract for services as an independent contractor for the music consultancy services to be rendered to the FCC.

Any questions should be directed to the undersigned General Manager or to Joanne Chung, at 2844 2830 or by email in care of [email protected] .

Gilbert Cheng
General Manager
Tel: 2844 2844
Email: [email protected]

July 2016

 

 

TO ALL MEMBERS,

 

NOTICE IS hereby GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong will be held at the First Floor, North Block, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong on Thursday, 26 May 2016 at 6:00 p.m. for the following purposes:

1. Approval of the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 21 May 2015;
2. Approval of the President’s report;
3. Approval of the Treasurer’s report;
4. Approval of the audited financial statement for the year ended 31 March 2016;
5. Appointing auditor of the company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting at a fee to be agreed the Board;
6. The inauguration of the new Board of Governors for 2016-2017 as per results of the election.

The meeting is open to ALL MEMBERS of the Club.

You are entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote on your behalf at the AGM. We enclosed a proxy form for your completion. Please make sure your proxy attends the AGM with a completed original proxy form, and identification document, and hands it in to the relevant member of staff.

By order of the Board of Governors,

 

Neil Western

President

April 15, 2016