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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 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.

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 ...

FCC club lunch with Roy PROSTERMAN

22 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Roy PROSTERMAN Founder and Chair Emeritus of Landesa, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Professor Emeritus of Law at the University of Washington Topic: The transformation of rural China Roy PROSTERMAN will discuss how China has benefited from expansive rural land reform, and how 30 year secure ...

FCC club journalism panel

19 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Panelists: Thomas CRAMPTON Head of social media, Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific Phil CHETWYND Asia-Pacific Editor, AFP Andrew LA VALLEE Editor, Wall Street Journal Online Topic: How social networks are changing the news business The Arab Spring, China rail disaster and London riots are just three e...

FCC club dinner with Stephen EASTAUGH

8 Sep 2011 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM

Speaker: Stephen EASTAUGH Artist Topic: An artist in Antarctica As an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow in 2009, artist Stephen EASTAUGH spent a full winter of ten months in Antarctica. He will talk about and show Winterover, his own 30-minute documentary of his time at an Antarctic scientific bas...