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Speaker Events

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.

Europe and Asia: Where Next on Trade Policy?

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...

FCC club lunch with Joe HOCKEY

25 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: the Hon. Joe HOCKEY Federal Member for North Sydney and the Shadow Treasurer Topic: Australia's future engagement in the Asian century Joe HOCKEY, the opposition's finance spokesman will detail for the first time his views on Australia's future relations with Asia. Australia is the only ...

FCC club lunch with John Terence HUNG

20 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: John Terence HUNG SBS JP Topic: Reflections of a high flyer from Stanley Prison When Mr. HUNG was writing his book “Master of None” from inside Stanley Prison, apart from the experience of imprisonment, he also recounted the many events and people that have affected his life. The most dr...

FCC club lunch with Hugo DIXON

13 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Hugo DIXON Editor, Breakingviews, Thomson Reuters Topic: The Euro Zone Debt Crisis: How bad is it, and what does it mean for Asia? With Greece nearing a default and global markets feeling the pain of a weak European response, what is likely to happen next as European officials wrestle to...

FCC club dinner and screening

12 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Sundaram TAGORE Director Topic: “The Poetics of Color: Natvar Bhavsar – An Artist’s Journey” Mr. TAGORE will introduce the story behind the film and talk about the making of the movie: How he as an art gallery operator found the inspiration to make a documentary, his approach towards fil...

FCC club lunch with Tom ORLIK

10 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Tom ORLIK Heard on the Street columnist at the Wall Street Journal Topic: Lies, Damned Lies, and China’s Economic Statistics China’s economy is a major focus of attention for business and investors. However, there is enormous uncertainty about whether the official data can be trusted. Wh...

lare HOLLINGWORTH's 100th birthday party

10 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Clare HOLLINGWORTH's 100th birthday party The legendary foreign correspondent and doyenne of the FCC celebrated her 100th birthday on 10 October 2011. The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong © MMXI http://www.FCCHK.org http://www.YouTube.com/FCCHongKong

FCC club lunch with Gordon MATHEWS

4 Oct 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Gordon MATHEWS Author / Professor of Anthropology, Chinese University of Hong Kong Topic: Chungking Mansions: Ghetto at the Center of the World Pakistani phone stall operators, Indian guesthouse workers, Nepalese heroin addicts, Tanzanian sex workers, and traders and asylum seekers from ...

FCC club lunch with Sir Vernon ELLIS

28 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Sir Vernon ELLIS Chairman, British Council Topic: Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy – Britain's Global Image Sir Vernon ELLIS, who was appointed Chair of the British Council in March 2010 and knighted last December for his services to the arts in the United Kingdom, will speak about how ...

FCC club lunch with Frank LAVIN

26 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Frank LAVIN Chairman, Public Affairs, Edelman Asia Pacific Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Topic: U.S. - China Relations in an era of Chinese ascendance There has been a high degree of stability in Sino-American relations since they were reconstituted some ...