FCC Health Measures Remain in Place, Main Bar and Lounge Are Open The FCC will continue the measures to protect the health and safety of the club’s staff, members and guests that were put in place starting Friday 27 March. These are in keeping with government measures to try to contain a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong. The government is requiring some facilities to close for two weeks. The FCC’s management …

Dear Members,       The Foreign Correspondents’ Club has continued to operate in accordance with government health and social-distancing guidelines and the club’s own procedures for protecting the health of our staff, members and guests amid the coronavirus outbreak. Given the situation in Hong Kong, the Board of Governors has decided to review the minimum-spend requirements during this period when social interaction is limited. Though the Club remains open and incurs its full daily …

2020 Human Rights Press Awards Ceremony Postponed, Winners to be Announced May 6 (Scroll down for Chinese version) April 1, 2020 The Human Rights Press Awards is postponing its 2020 awards ceremony to the fall. The organizers are regrettably delaying the ceremony, believing it is the most responsible course of action as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the Hong Kong government’s advice to limit large gatherings. The winners will be announced online on …

CANCELLATION OF NOMINATION MEETING ON 1 APRIL, THOUGH NOMINATIONS STILL WILL BE RECEIVED FOR BOARD OF GOVERNORS       Dear Members,       As you will be aware the government has issued strong guidelines for fighting the coronavirus that emphasise the avoidance of nonessential meetings. In the light of this and in the exceptional circumstances of these times, we are canceling the Nomination Meeting on April 1st but slightly extending the deadline for nominations to 6.30pm that …

Al Jazeera journalist and FCC member, Adrian Brown, writes movingly of his quest to bring his elderly mother to Hong Kong from England in the days after his father’s death from dementia.