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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 20 minutes and then takes questions for 20 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.
9 Jan 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Tim LUARD Author, Former BBC China Correspondent Topic: The One-Legged Admiral’s escape from Hong Kong In one of the most remarkable adventures of the Second World War, Admiral Chan Chak and more than sixty British companions broke out through the Japanese lines within hours of Hong Kong...
5 Jan 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jaspal BINDRA Group Executive Director and CEO, Asia, Standard Chartered Topic: The outlook for Asia Bankers in the shadow of the Eurozone Crisis Europe’s debt crisis has once again highlighted a two-speed global economy: fragile West, and a more resilient East. However the increasing un...
8 Dec 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jerome A. COHEN
25 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michael ANDREW Chairman, KPMG International Topic: Fraud, Financial Crises and the future of the Big Four Ten years after the collapse of Enron reduced the number of big global accounting firms to four, the financial crisis and more recently fraud allegations in the U.S., China and Japan...
14 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Franklin LAM Founder, HKGolden 50 Former Managing Director, UBS Topic: Hong Kong- The Golden 5 Years (2010 - 2014) and the decline that may follow… In the next 5 years, Hong Kong will enjoy some of the strongest business opportunities and inflows of talent in our history, Mr. Franklin LA...
10 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sophie RICHARDSON Topic: Discussion and Q&A with Human Rights Watch China Director Sophie Richardson Over the past year, dozens of civil society activists, lawyers, bloggers and artists, including Ai Weiwei, have been victims of enforced disappearances – a form of extralegal detention by...
3 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Andrew ROY Head of News, BBC World News Topic: Global news in a 24-Hour World The demands on global news have never been greater. 2011 was a year in which major news events around the world - from Japan to Egypt - have stretched international news operations in unprecedented ways. Andrew...
2 Nov 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers: Professor Michael E. DEGOLYER Hong Kong Baptist University Professor Sonny LO Hong Kong Institute of Education Topic: Local Elections, Long-Term Effects? The Hong Kong District Council Elections of 2011 – Survey Results Presentation The 2011 District Council elections are the first in a...
31 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: CHAN Koon-chung Author, Founder of “City” Magazine Topic: How China deals with its Awkward Squad of Dissenters CHAN Koon-chung, whose latest novel `The Fat Years' is set in a China that has become the world's top economic power while remaining a one-party state, will talk about how that ...
27 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Postponed until Further Notice Speaker: Karel De Gucht European Union Trade Commissioner An atmosphere of anxiety looms over the world economy. Developed countries fear competition from emerging economies. Europe's budgetary situation spreads uncertainty across the world. Stuttering growth and hi...
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