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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.
20 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Nancy KWAN Topic: My life before and after Suzie WONG Ms KWAN will speak about growing up in Hong Kong and will look back on some aspects of her childhood, including her aspirations and the reality of her dreams – and all with a touch of humor! She will also speak to her experience of at...
18 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Bob POZEN Chairman, MFS Investment Management Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School / Author Former Vice Chairman, Fidelity Investments Topic: The global aftermath of the financial crisis Bob POZEN will analyze the global forces behind the recent financial crisis, and suggest ways to ...
18 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Garry MARCHANT Author Topic: The World's second-oldest profession: travel writing From Herodotus to the Digital Age, travel has been a source of inspiration for writers. Garry MARCHANT will discuss his over 30 years of experience as a professional travel journalist. A self-described ‘jet...
11 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Ramachandra GUHA Author Topic: "Why India must not and will not become a Super Power" Ramachandra GUHA is in Hong Kong at the invitation of the Man Literary Festival. Mr. GUHA will share his controversial viewpoint on contemporary Indian politics. He was recently named as one of the 100 ...
1 Mar 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Christine LOH CEO, Civic Exchange, Hong Kong Topic: Underground Front - The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong Writing about the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong is bound to be a sensitive subject because its presence in Hong Kong is still meant to be a "secret", although one that ...
24 Feb 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jing ULRICH Managing Director & Chairman, China Equities & Commodities Topic: China's policy shift: what lies ahead? China’s robust growth in 2009 has ironically caused market jitters, since high growth and rising inflation are increasing the likelihood of further monetary tightening. Co...
22 Feb 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Michael LITTLEWOOD Faculty Member, University of Auckland Law School Topic: The Hong Kong Tax System: its history, its future and the lessons it holds for the rest of the world Hong Kong’s tax system was designed by a group of businessmen in 1940. Their objective – which they achieved – ...
4 Feb 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speakers: Christina CHAN Student Activist Mirana M. SZETO Spokesperson of the Stop Express Rail Link Alliance Topic: Why is the post-80's generation angry? The “post-80’s” generation has been making headlines recently for their various protests around town. But what is the post-80’s generation? I...
1 Feb 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Thomas ABRAHAM Director, Public Health Communication Programme University of Hong Kong Topic: Inside the Swine Flu pandemic Mr. ABRAHAM spent the last year at the World Health Organization in Geneva, and was head of news in the Director General’s office when the ‘pandemic’ broke out in A...
21 Jan 2010 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Paul MIDLER Author Topic: "Poorly Made in China" Product failures have been making headlines for over two years, prompting many to ask along the way: Why China? Mainland manufacturers have their own quality control staff, and yet importers have felt compelled to send in their own inspect...
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