The Correspondent, October – December 2018

The FCC recently sent a message to members to support its representation to the Town Planning Board on the proposed 25-storey hospital and development across the road from the Club.

The Peace Hotel on Shanghai’s Bund has seen it all over 90 years, from glittering guests such as Charlie Chaplin and Noel Coward, to the Gang of Four and Communist officials settling in as the wheels of history turned. Jonathan Sharp went along for birthday celebrations.

Photographs by Vincent Yu from his 1998 book, HKG, and its 20th anniversary edition.

William’s ongoing project, Rain, consists of photographs shot through the water rushing down the windows of Hong Kong trams, during our frequent rainstorms.

War correspondent Derek Maitland on covering Vietnam.

Photos from Leong Ka Tai.

There were some authors wandering around the FCC in early November, taking a break from appearing at this year’s Hong Kong International Literary Festival.

SK Witcher and Florence de Changy receive prestigious honours. Morgan M. Davis tells their stories.

Police shut down an event at the FCC Thailand for the sixth time recently. Michael Mackey was there and reports on the Club’s trials and triumphs.

After 36 years, the Club’s guest book is full, so George W. Russell flicked through the pages to chronicle the passage of visitors.