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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 30-40 minutes and then takes questions for 10-15 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.
25 Apr 2018 12:30 PM
TALK From Coral Reefs to Carbon Markets: A Writer’s Adventure   SPEAKER Paula DiPerna Producer/Writer Wednesday, April 25, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Ms. DiPerna spoke about how her work as a writer and film producer led her around the world...
23 Apr 2018 12:30 PM
TALK ‘Men Only’ and ‘Beautiful Girls’: Gender Discrimination in Job Ads in President Xi’s China   SPEAKER Kenneth Roth Executive Director, Human Rights Watch Monday, April 23, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Mr. Roth introduced the organization...
19 Apr 2018 06:45 PM
TALK City of Devils: Warlordism, War, Journalism And The High Life In Old Shanghai   SPEAKER Paul French Author/Journalist Thursday, April 19, 2018 6:45pm for 7:00pm – Dinner 7:30pm – Address 1st Floor   Paul French will tell the extraordinary tale of 1940s Shanghai and how...
17 Apr 2018 12:30 PM
TALK Independent Journalism in Singapore: Yes, It’s A Thing   SPEAKER Kirsten Han Editor-in-Chief, New Naratif Tuesday, April 17, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Singapore ranks 151st on the Reporters’ Without Borders Press Freedom Index, and l...
12 Apr 2018 12:30 PM
TALK China Watching: Why We Get It So Wrong   SPEAKER Paul Midler Author Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   For centuries, westerners have sought a better understanding of China. Yet generations of inquiry later, we continue to g...
18 Apr 2018 06:45 PM
MOVIE SCREENING Lost in the Fumes   SPEAKER Nora Lam Director Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:45pm – Doors Open 7:00pm – Introduction & Screening Bert's   This 97 minutes documentary covers the experience and mindset of a young localist activist, Edward Leung. He was an average st...
20 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK People Not Vehicles: Planning Hong Kong's Future   SPEAKER Markus Shaw Environmental Campaigner, Chairman of a Campaign to Pedestrianise Des Voeux Road Central Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Cars don't vote. People do. Mr...
22 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK How Can We Win The Fight Against Modern Slavery?   SPEAKER Matt Friedman Author/ CEO, The Mekong Club Thursday, March 22, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Every 4 seconds, another human being is forced into modern slavery. One minute it might...
21 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK The Growth Delusion: How the World is Wrongly Obsessed by GDP   SPEAKER David Pilling Author and Senior Correspondent, Financial Times Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   The world is obsessed by growth, by GDP and by the st...
14 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK Trump's Tax Law And How It Will Affect U.S. Expats   SPEAKER Larry Lipsher an American CPA Wednesday, March 14, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   A new tax act takes hold in the United States, the first act of its kind since 1986. The legisla...
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