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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.
18 Aug 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Amanda BENNETT Co-Chairman Pulitzer Prize Board Topic: Investigative Journalism in a Globalised World Investigative journalism is under threat. It's the most expensive form of news gathering in a time of newspaper budget cuts and journalist layoffs, both in the U.S. and around the world....
4 Aug 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Professor Sheila CORONEL Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism, Columbia University Topic: Can Noynoy AQUINO Fight Corruption in the Philippines? Benigno AQUINO III was sworn in as the President of the Philippines on June 30, after a landslide electi...
3 Aug 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Sam CHAMBERS Author / Journalist Topic: Oil on Water Out of sight, out of mind – the uncomfortable reality. That’s the general public’s reaction to the movement of oil around the world’s oceans. Or at least it was until the Deepwater Horizon incident. This vital supply chain is constantl...
24 Jul 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: James FENTON Poet Topic: From journalism to poetry This event is co-hosted by the FCC and the British Council in partnership with "TDC / Hong Kong Book Fair". Mr. FENTON is one of the most acclaimed poets of his generation, and many of his well known poems demonstrate his interest in wor...
13 Jul 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Christopher DILLON Writer / Entrepreneur Topic: Japanese Real Estate: bargain or black hole? Japanese property prices have plummeted since the late 1980s, when the land under the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was reportedly worth more than California. You can now buy a house on an acre of lan...
29 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: LEE Cheuk-yan Legislative Councilor & General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions Topic: Independent unionism in China: mission impossible? Chinese workers striking for better pay and elected representation have shocked the world. Are we witnessing history being made...
23 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN Author & Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Topic: When Thaksin ruled the World: reviewing his botched diplomacy Pavin CHACHAVALPONGPUN thinks Prime Minister, Thaksin transformed Thailand’s international role from one of obscurity into a kind o...
21 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Simon YOUNG Associate Professor, Director of the Centre of Comparative and Public Law Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong / Barrister Topic: Electing Hong Kong's Chief Executive in 2012 Focusing too much on numbers (e.g. 2012-2016-2017-2020, 1200 votes, 70 Legislative Council seats, ...
18 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Audrey EU Leader of the Civic Party Topic: The morning after the debate - what next for political reform in Hong Kong On Thursday 17th June Hong Kong experienced the first televised debate between the Chief Executive Donald TSANG and Audrey EU, one of his leading opponents, on the subjec...
10 Jun 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Robert SUTTER Visiting Professor of Asian Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Topic: China's Rise in Asian and World Affairs Mr. SUTTER will examine China’s rise in Asia and will aim to show that China remains encumbered and far from having the leading position. His...
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