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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.
6 Dec 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mr. C.Y. LEUNG Chief Executive, Hong Kong Topic: Hong Kong - The Next 5 Years Mr. C.Y. LEUNG took office as the fourth term Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on July 1, after his election in March on a platform including more affordable housing, tackling poll...
20 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Irv DRASNIN Co-Producer, Award-Winning CBS News Jounalist Topic: "The Revolutionary" - Sidney Rittenberg Sidney RITTENBERG arrived in China at the end of World War II as a GI and Chinese language expert. He remained in China to work for the United Nations Relief Organization, eventually ...
15 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Haruhiko KURODA President, Asian Development Bank Topic: Future Growth in Asia: Balanced, Inclusive, and Green For decades, Asia has been a powerful engine of global economic growth and a major contributor to global poverty reduction. Today, with ongoing difficulties in the world’s devel...
8 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Tony WHEELER Co-Founder, The Lonely Planet Publications Topic: Shoestring Travel: Is it sustainable today? Does shoestring travel still exist in today’s hyper-organised, internet booked, environment? It’s been nearly 40 years since Tony WHEELER took off on the trip which led to Lonely Pl...
7 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Stephen VINES Journalist, Writer, Broadcaster Topic: Why Food Gurus are Crazy and Wonderful Note: Recipes from the celebrity chefs covered in the book will be served at this gourmet dinner. Stephen VINES will talk about his new book, Food Gurus – 20 People Who Have Changed the Way We Eat...
5 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: NG Hak-kim Eddie, SBS, JP Secretary for Education Topic: Hong Kong’s Education: Progressing on Strengths As the new Secretary for Education, Mr NG will present a summary of milestones in Hong Kong’s education reform and his strategic vision for education in Hong Kong in the next five yea...
1 Nov 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mike CHINOY CNN’s former Beijing Bureau Chief Senior Fellow, U.S. - China Institute, University of Southern California Topic: “ASSIGNMENT CHINA: CHINA WATCHING” Documentary Screening After MAO Zedong's communists took power in China in 1949, American journalists were barred from the coun...
31 Oct 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Roderick MACFARQUHAR Leroy B. WILLIAMS Professor of History and Political Science Harvard University Topic: China in Transition China is currently going through a major leadership transition. Professor MACFARQUHAR will talk about that in the context of the broader transition between Maoi...
30 Oct 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ambassador CHEN Jian Dean of the School of International Studies, Renmin University Former Under Secretary General of the United Nations Topic: China’s Policies and its Neighbors Ambassador CHEN, one of China’s best-known diplomats for the last half-century, will review the history of re...
11 Oct 2012 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. ZHOU Xun Assistant Research Professor School of Humanities, University of Hong Kong Topic: The hidden story of the Great Famine in China under MAO The history of the Great Famine in China (1958 - 1962) under MAO has long been obscured by official taboos and restricted access to prima...
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