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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.
7 Jul 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Professor Paul Yip, HKU Director, Center for Suicide Research and Prevention Professor Yip started with a summary of how suicide news was reported in Hong Kong, and make a comparison with overseas press. Researc...
6 Jul 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, July 6, 2015 12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Wong Chen Malaysian Opposition Member of Parliament Of late, Malaysia had been in the news for all the wrong reasons. There had been the still unresolved mystery of Flight MH370 last year, the downing of Flight M...
23 Jun 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: John Rice, GE Vice Chairman Four years ago John Rice opened GE's Global Growth headquarters in Hong Kong, highlighted the importance of non-U.S. markets to the company and the city's role as a global city. Duri...
15 Jun 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, June 15, 2015 12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: Binod Chaudhary, Founder of Chaudhary Group Philanthropist and Industrialist in Nepal On April 25th, 2015, a 7.8 Magnitude earthquake ripped through Nepal, destroying a half million homes, killing over 8,500 p...
12 Jun 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Friday, June 12, 2015 12:30PM FOR 12:45PM – LUNCH 1:15PM – ADDRESS 1ST FLOOR Speaker: William Horsley, Former BBC correspondent and international director of the Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield Introductory remarks by Caroline Wilson, British Consul – General, HK Journa...
1 Jun 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, June 1, 2015 7:00pm – dinner 1st Floor Speaker: Mike Chinoy, Senior Fellow The U.S.-China Institute, University of Southern California China in the 1990s was a paradox. In the wake of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, political repression intensified. At the same time, however, fol...
27 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Pavin Chachavalpongpun Associate Professor, Kyoto University The military staged a coup on 22 May 2014, overthrowing the elected government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. For decades, the traditional e...
21 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Thursday, May 21, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Professor Charlie Jeffery Senior Vice-Principal, Chair of Politics University of Edinburgh The failure of either Labour or the Conservatives to open up a clear lead, the likely severe losses of the Liberal Demo...
20 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Club Dinner: "Sailing Through Troubled Waters," a film about the disputed Spratly Islands Wednesday, May 20, 2015 7:00pm – dinner 1st Floor Speaker: Tomas Etzler Emmy Award Winner and Documentary Filmmaker "Sailing Through Troubled Waters" was a 22-minute film by Tomas Etzler that focuses on a ...
18 May 2015 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Monday, May 18, 2015 12:30pm for 12:45pm – lunch 1:15pm – address 1st Floor Speaker: Professor Michael DeGolyer The 1989 Tiananmen bloody crackdown occurred during the first school year Professor DeGolyer taught in Hong Kong. Occupy Central came during his last year of teaching. When the speaker ...
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