December 2, 2025
Stand Together: How You Can Support the Tai Po Recovery Efforts
As part of the Hong Kong community, our hearts go out to our neighbours in Tai Po during this difficult time. The journey to recovery for the fire victims extends far beyond the initial emergency, and their need for support a...
November 27, 2025
President’s Letter: The Tai Po Fire
Dear Fellow Members,
By now you will have heard about the terrible fire in Tai Po that has so far claimed the lives of more than 55 people, with 279 missing and 900 in shelters. On behalf of the members and staff, we extend our sincere condol...
October 31, 2025
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club AwardsClare Hollingworth Fellowships
FELLOWS
Trista Xinyi Luo
Trista Xinyi Luo is a reporter at Bloomberg News, where she covers the debt capital markets and the evolving financial landscape in Greater China. She relocated to Hong Kong from N...
October 30, 2025
Dear Members,
This may sound like a curious question coming from the President of a press club, but recently I’ve found myself wondering, what is a journalist? For the sake of our Club’s membership, the answer is fairly simple. We look for the majority of a Me...
September 19, 2025
FCC Clare Hollingworth Fellowship – Applications Open
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is accepting applications for the Clare Hollingworth Fellowship, named after the preeminent and path-breaking journalist.
Ms. Hollingworth had a remarkable career as a foreign corre...
August 22, 2025
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned by the confirmation that Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins has had her visa renewal application denied.
Choong Wilkins has worked for Bloomberg in Hong Kong for the past six years, most recently as a senior reporter ...
August 1, 2025
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is deeply concerned about journalists working in the Gaza Strip amid reports that they are facing the same risk of starvation as the people they are covering.
Since the Israel-Hamas war began 22 months ago with Hamas’s deadly terrorist attack on ...
July 17, 2025
Dear FCC members,
At the end of May we started another cycle of the Board year. Our new Board, whom you will meet in this issue of The Correspondent, represents some of the very best of our Club - dedicated and eager Members who will work to represent you in t...
Inland Revenue Department’s response to the FCC enquiry on tax audits of Hong Kong independent media
May 27, 2025
Following the FCC’s May 23 statement on multiple tax audits of independent media organisations, the club made enquiries to Hong Kong’s Inland Revenue Department (IRD). Below is IRD’s reply in full.
To protect tax revenue, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has established procedures to re...
May 23, 2025
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is concerned by reports of multiple independent media outlets facing simultaneous tax audits and backdated demands from the Inland Revenue Department (IRD).
At a press conference on May 21, the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) said it had...
