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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.
12 Mar 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Dr. Thaksin SHINAWATRA Chairman, Building a Better Future Foundation Former Prime Minister of Thailand (Address via Video Link) Topic: Financial crisis, political uncertainty: lessons from Thailand The root cause of the current global economic crisis is not a meltdown of the global finan...
10 Mar 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Mohammed HANIF Topic: From the Pakistani Air Force to Journalism Mohammed HANIF is coming to Hong Kong at the invitation of The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Join him as he talks about journalism, scriptwriting and novels. Mr. HANIF's first novel, A Case of Exploding Man...
26 Feb 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Laurence E. LIPSHER, CPA Columnist / Author Topic: Tax Wisdom for American Expats in Asia Navigating taxes, business and life in Asia… with emphasis on taxation for American expats… UPDATE: Talk will include a review of President OBAMA’s Economic Stimulus Act and its impact upon the U.S....
4 Feb 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Jing ULRICH Managing Director & Chairman, China Equities & Commodities J.P. Morgan Topic: China's growth prospects in 2009 China’s economic outlook depends on the effectiveness of government policy actions to stimulate growth though increased infrastructure spending and promotion of dome...
3 Feb 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: HAN Dongfang Director, China Labour Bulletin Topic: Building Collective Bargaining in the Workplace: Is China ready for this? Mr. HAN will address the challenges facing workers in China today and share his views on possible solutions. Every day, he calculates, there is at least one strik...
20 Jan 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: David ELDON Senior Advisor, PricewaterhouseCoopers Former Chairman, HSBC Asia Pacific Topic: 2009 Outlook: seeing the forest from a tree Some believe the only remaining economic certainty is uncertainty. Others think the world is in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great ...
14 Jan 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Malou MANGAHAS Executive Director, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Topic: Media most murderous: they shoot journalists in the Philippines Ms. MANGAHAS will give a first person account of the current challenges facing her profession. The Philippine press by all accounts is ...
8 Jan 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: John BOLTON Former US Ambassador to the UN Topic: North Korea, Iraq, Iran and Cuba: what the BUSH Administration got right and what it got wrong John R. BOLTON currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His portfolio includes Foreign Policy and Internationa...
7 Jan 2009 01:00 PM — 02:00 PM
Speaker: Martin WHEATLEY Chief Executive Officer, Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong Topic: Surfing the Financial Tsunami Martin WHEATLEY will talk about regulatory challenges and responses in the midst of the financial tsunami. The collapse of Lehman Brothers has had significant cons...
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