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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.
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...
12 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK From the Brexit Negotiations to Trade with Hong Kong and China: Ireland’s Expanding Role on the World Stage   SPEAKER Simon Coveney Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland   Monday, March 12, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1s...
12 Mar 2018 06:45 PM
TALK From Newspapers to Novels: Journalism as a Literary Genre A Night of Discussion Over Spanish Food and Wines   SPEAKER Rosa Montero An Award Winning Author & Journalist Monday, March 12, 2018 6:45pm for 7:00pm – Dinner 7:30pm – Address 1st Floor   “Professionalization, pr...
7 Mar 2018 08:00 AM
TALK A Report Launch: Workplace Sexual Harassment of Women Journalists in China   SPEAKERS Wei Tingting Executive Director, Guangzhou Gender and Sexuality Education Center   Sophina Huang Xueqin Reporter   Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:00am – Continental Breakfast 8:15am – ...
7 Mar 2018 08:00 AM
TALK A Report Launch: Workplace Sexual Harassment of Women Journalists in China   SPEAKERS Wei Tingting Executive Director, Guangzhou Gender and Sexuality Education Center   Sophina Huang Xueqin Reporter   Wednesday, March 7, 2018 8:00am – Continental Breakfast 8:15am – ...
5 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK No Preferred Outcomes – Hong Kong and the Rule of Law   SPEAKER Philip Dykes Chairman, the Hong Kong Bar Association Monday, March 5, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Samuel Alito, a current US Supreme Court Justice, gave a useful descriptio...
8 Mar 2018 12:30 PM
TALK John MacLennan: Homosexuality, Paedophilia and Government Suppression of a Scandal   SPEAKER Nigel Collett Managing Director, Gurkha International /Author Thursday, March 8, 2018 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   In 1980, Inspector John MacLennan w...
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