FCC Mission
The FCC promotes and facilitates journalism of the highest standard, and defends press freedom in Hong Kong and across the region.
We will speak out on behalf of our fellow journalists and correspondents, work to ensure they can operate freely and without interference and strive to provide the best resources and information we can to the community.
The FCC is a private members club that is open to all views.
(Resolved at the Board of Governors Meeting on 16 July 2022)
FCC Policy on Statements
The FCC recognises that public statements in support of press freedom are a core component of its mission, to which it remains strongly committed.
The FCC will continue to issue public statements regarding the defence of press freedom in Hong Kong and across the region.
The responsibility for drafting such statements lies with the Press Freedom Committee; the final say on whether a statement should be published lies with the club’s board of governors.
The board of governors will seek advice from practising lawyers experienced in giving legal advice to international media to help with issuing statements. When such legal advice is sought, it will be shared with the board in writing. Members are welcome to review the full “Press Freedom Statement Publication Process” document at the front desk.
Get in touch
The Press Freedom Committee monitors press freedom issues in Hong Kong and around the region and welcomes input from members. If any member wishes to bring a press freedom issue to the committee’s attention, please email:
[email protected].
(Resolved at the Board of Governors Meeting on 24 June 2023)
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 ...
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...
May 3, 2025
On World Press Freedom Day, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong reaffirms its resolute support of journalists and unwavering commitment to defend press freedom, both in Hong Kong and around the world.
Today, we recognise and celebrate the vital role of the global news media in comb...
April 22, 2025
An anonymous survey of the FCC’s Correspondent and Journalist members reflects the damaged sentiment that many working journalists in Hong Kong are facing.
The results of the survey, the third that the FCC has conducted in the last four years, raise concerns about the working environment t...
February 22, 2025
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is concerned by the repeated cancellations of the Hong Kong Journalists Association’s (HKJA) annual fundraising gala by the host venues, and their implications for press freedom in the city.
HKJA is a non-profit organisation that advocates press ...
February 7, 2025
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is urging Cambodian authorities to reverse their decision to deny re-entry to British journalist Gerald Flynn and to immediately facilitate his return to Cambodia so that he can continue to do his important work.
Flynn, an investigative and envi...
February 5, 2025
Four years after the military seized power and ousted the democratically elected government in Myanmar, The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong continues to be alarmed and deeply concerned at the deteriorating conditions for journalists and media workers there.
Since February 2021, the...
October 7, 2024
As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the Israel-Hamas war, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong remembers the scores of journalists killed or injured in the ongoing conflict. The FCC calls on all parties to protect the journalists who are covering th...
October 3, 2024
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong is calling for the release of Mech Dara, a Cambodian investigative reporter who was arrested this week in an apparent attempt to silence one of the country’s leading journalists. Dara was arrested by military police on...