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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.
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...
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...
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