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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.
27 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK China’s One Child Policy: Past, Present and Future   SPEAKER Mei Fong Pulitzer-Prize winning Journalist and Author Monday, November 27, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   China’s controversial one-child policy has been phased out after over 35...
15 Nov 2017 12:45 PM
TALK Reflections on Judicial Independence   SPEAKER Henry Litton, GBM, CBE Former permanent judge, Court of Final Appeal Wednesday, November 15, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Hong Kong takes pride in its independent judiciary. It is one of the ...
8 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK Brexit: Triumph or Trainwreck?   PANELISTS Anatole Kaletsky Co-Chairman &Chief Economist of Gavekal Dragonomics Timothy Beardson Chairman, Bixmoor Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   The UK's narrow vote in favour of lea...
7 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK Duterte’s Violent Populism in the Philippines SPEAKER Mark R. Thompson Professor & Head of Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong Tuesday, November 7, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor Since becoming Philip...
1 Nov 2017 06:30 PM
COCKTAIL From the Rohingyas to the Philippines: Human Rights Crises in South East Asia   GUEST Dr. James Gomez Regional Director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Amnesty International Wednesday, November 1, 2017 6:30pm – Cocktails 7:00pm – Talk Verandah   Across Southeast...
6 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK From Banker to Buddhist Nun – A Life Transformed   SPEAKER Ms. Emma Slade Former HSBC Banker/ Buddhist Nun/Point of Hope Award Recipient Monday, November 6, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   Before becoming a Buddhist Nun, Emma Slade had the ed...
3 Nov 2017 12:30 PM
TALK Xi's Dreams, Orwell's Nightmares: Censorship in Today's China   SPEAKER Jeffrey Wasserstrom Chancellor’s Professor of History, University of California at Irvine Friday, November 3, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   China is a country of cont...
25 Oct 2017 12:30 PM
TALK From Scotland to Hong Kong: How Entrepreneurs Compete On the World Stage   SPEAKERS Andy C. Neilson Co-Founder, King & Country Malcolm Offord Founder, Badenoch & Co. Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address Verandah Start-ups and small bus...
11 Oct 2017 06:45 PM
SCREENING “THE HELPER” SPEAKER Joanna Bowers Director Wednesday, October 11, 2017 6:45pm – Doors Open 7:00pm – Introduction & Screening Followed by: Q&A with the Director Bert's Foreign domestic workers, mostly from the Philippines and Indonesia, are arguably the lifeblood of ...
11 Oct 2017 12:30 AM
TALK My Life as China’s First Western Diva SPEAKER He Hui Soprano   Wednesday, October 11, 2017 12:30pm for 12:45pm – Lunch 1:15pm – Address 1st Floor   He Hui - in Hong Kong to sing the opening night of Opera Hong Kong’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Aida” before a run...
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