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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.
14 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Douglas Clark Barrister/Author The 19th century unequal treaties that opened China, Japan and Korea to the West exempted foreigners from local laws - leaving them to be tried by their own consuls and their...
13 Oct 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Duncan Innes-Ker Regional Director for Asia, Economist Intelligence Unit The peg between the Hong Kong dollar and its US counterpart had served the territory well since its introduction in October 1983. Howe...
30 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Kerry Brown Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney Former Diplomat, British Foreign Service Politics had always been a game of high stakes in the People's Republic, ever since the era of Mao...
17 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Eric Fish Journalist and Content Producer, Asia Society In the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, China’s Communist Party had to reestablish legitimacy among the youth demographic that had s...
15 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 5pm - 6:30pm Verandah Author: Paul Schulte Chairman, Schulte Research Former Head of Global Strategy for CCB Intl. Securities This book explored the ways in which credit was being choked off by the excessive credit creation of the 2000s, and shows how these crises were...
9 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Andy Rothman Investment Strategist, Matthews Asia The A-share market was correcting and the Chinese economy was cooling. Mr. Rothman talked about the impact of these trends on equity investors and the ri...
8 Sep 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Alastair Campbell, Author Former Chief Spokesman and Strategist for Tony Blair How do sportsmen excel, entrepreneurs thrive, or individuals achieve their ambition? Drawing on the wisdom of an astonishing ar...
31 Aug 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, August 31, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Mr. Tom Grundy Editor-In-Chief/Co-Founder, Hong Kong Free Press After a round of crowdfunding and much publicity, Hong Kong Free Press finally 'went live' at the end of June 2015. Its team of young reporters ...
24 Aug 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, August 24, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Xu Sitao Chief Economist, China Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Mr. Xu presented what was likely to unfold, in terms of financial liberalization, against the backdrop of slowing economic growth and stock mar...
31 Jul 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Friday, July 31, 2015 8:15AM for 8:30AM - Continental Breakfast 9:00AM - Address Speaker: Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland In 2007, the Scottish National Party began a series of political firsts. They became the first party to form a sustainable minority government in the Scottish Par...
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