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The Main Dining Room |
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Please click on the links below to access information, video and sound files of past Speaker events at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong. |
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Wednesday August 18, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Investigative Journalism in a Globalised World
Speaker: Amanda Bennett
Co-Chairman Pulitzer Prize Board
Bloomberg Executive Editor for Projects & Investigations
Wednesday August 4, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Can Noynoy Aquino Fight Corruption in the Philippines?
Speaker: Sheila Coronel
Toni Stabile Professor of Professional Practice in Investigative Journalism, Columbia University
Tuesday August 3, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Oil on Water
Speaker: Sam Chambers
Author/Journalist
Saturday July 24, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
From Journalism to Poetry
Speaker: James Fenton
Poet
Tuesday July 13, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Japanese Real Estate: Bargain or black hole?
Speaker: Christopher Dillon
Writer/Entrepreneur
Tuesday June 29, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Independent Unionism In China Mission Impossible?
Speaker: Lee Cheuk Yan
Legislative Councilor & General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Wednesday June 23, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
When Thaksin Ruled the World: Reviewing His Botched Diplomacy
Speaker: Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Author & Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
Monday June 21, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Electing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive in 2012
Speaker: Simon Young
Associate Professor, Director of the Centre of Comparative and Public Law
Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong / Barrister
Friday June 18, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The morning after the debate - what next for political reform in Hong Kong
Speaker: Audrey Eu
Leader of the Civic Party
Thursday June 10, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
China’s Rise in Asian and World Affairs
Speaker: Robert Sutter
Visiting Professor of Asian Studies
School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Tuesday June 8, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Losing Control: The Emerging Threats to Western Prosperity
Speaker: Stephen King
Group Chief Economist & Global Head of Economics and Asset Allocation Research, HSBC
Monday June 7, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
South Korea’s Transformation: A New Global Power?
Speaker: Aidan Foster-Carter
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Leeds University / Consultant, writer and broadcaster on Korea
Thursday June 3, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Hong Kong Nature Landscapes: Of What Value?
Speaker: Edward Stokes
Founder Director, The Photographic Heritage Foundation
Wednesday June 2, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The Biggest NGO in the Chinese World: the Tzu Chi Foundation
Speaker: Mark O’Neill
Veteran China Correspondent and Journalist
Tuesday June 1, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
How to improve China’s soft power - and America’s?
Speaker: Jerome Cohen
NYU Law Professor; Senior Fellow for Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations; Counsel at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Friday May 28, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Travelling on Television
Speaker: Michael Palin
Actor / Author
Tuesday May 25, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Can China and the BASIC countries save the climate?
Speaker: Kumi Naidoo
International Executive Director, Greenpeace
Thursday May 13, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Thailand’s Withdrawal Symptoms: Democracy and Monarchy in Transition
Speaker: Thitinan Pongsudhirak
Political scientist at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University
Visiting Fellow at Stanford University’s CDDRL-Humanities Center
Monday May 10, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Promoting foreign brands in nationalistic China
Speaker: Johan Bjorksten
Author / Chairman of Eastwei Relations
Monday May 3, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The Great Walk of China - Travels on foot from Shanghai to Tibet
Speaker: Graham Earnshaw
Author / Businessman
Tuesday April 20, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Passion Made Me Do It!
Speaker: May Lee
Former Anchor, CNBC Asia, CNN International
Author, Founder and CEO of Lotus Media House Pte. Ltd
Monday April 19, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The New Economy of Equity Trading
Speaker: Brian Brown
Author / Founder, The Shogi Group
Tuesday April 14, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Demographic Change and the Future of American Politics
Speakers: David Frum, Author / Columnist
Ruy Teixeira, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Thursday April 9, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The brand new, far more invasive, U.S. tax laws: What do they mean for you?
Speaker: Laurence Lipsher
American CPA
Thursday April 8, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Resettlement of Indigenous Villagers: challenges for panda conservation
Speaker: Marc Brody
Founder & President, Panda Mountain
Wednesday April 7, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
U.S. Foreign Policy in the Obama Administration
Speaker: John Bolton
Former US Ambassador to the UN
Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Tuesday March 30, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Trade Without Borders: How Nimble New Zealand Beats Protectionism
Speaker: Hon. Tim Groser
New Zealand’s Minister of Trade
Monday March 29, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
China’s Obsessive Love Affair with English
Speaker: Bill Fisher
CEO, EF Education First in China
Tuesday March 23, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The Global Financial Crisis & the ‘Emerging World’
Speaker: Ambassador David C Mulford
Vice Chairman International
Credit Suisse, Former US Ambassador to India
Saturday March 20, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Nancy Kwan: My life before and after Suzie Wong
Speaker: Nancy Kwan
Actress
(watch the video)
Thursday March 18, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The World’s Second-oldest Profession: Travel Writing
Speaker: Garry Marchant
Author
Thursday March 18, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The Global Aftermath of the Financial Crisis
Speaker: Bob Pozen, Chairman
MFS Investment Management
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School / Author
Former Vice Chairman, Fidelity Investments
Thursday March 11, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Why India Must Not and Will Not Become a Super Power
Speaker: Ramachandra Guha
Author
Monday March 1, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Underground Front-The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong
Speaker: Christine Loh
CEO, Civic Exchange, Hong Kong
Wednesday February 24, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
China’s Policy Shift: What Lies Ahead?
Speaker: Jing Ulrich
Managing Director & Chairman, China Equities & Commodities
Monday February 22, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The Hong Kong Tax System: Its History, its Future and the lessons it holds for the rest of the world
Speaker: Michael Littlewood
Faculty Member, University of Auckland Law School
Thursday February 4, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Why Is The Post 80’s Generation Angry?
Speakers: Christina Chan, Student Activist
Mirana M. Szeto, Spokesperson of the Stop Express Rail Link Alliance
Monday February 1, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Inside the Swine Flu Pandemic
Speaker: Thomas Abraham
Director, Public Health Communication Programme, University of Hong Kong
Thursday January 21, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Poorly Made in China
Speaker: Paul Midler
Author / Consultant
Wednesday January 20, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Mahathir’s Legacy Haunts Malaysia
Speaker: Barry Wain
Author/Writer-in-Residence at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Monday January 18, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Voyage of discovery in Canada’s Arctic
Speaker: Cameron Dueck
Journalist/Yachtsman
Wednesday January 13, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
The Rise of the New Right: Free Trade, Markets and Entrepreneurship
Speaker: Arthur Brooks
President, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Monday January 11, 2010
(MP3 sound file)
Can China Develop A Global Brand?
Speaker: Dr. Philip S. Carmichael
President Haier Asia-Pacific
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September 10-12, Sports on TV
September 6-10, Daily Lunch Specials
September 7-10, Bert's Schedule
October 9, 9th Annual Charity Ball 2010
New Zealand Hunter’s Wine Home Delivery
September 28, Club Lunch: From the front lines in the battle against censorship
September 22, Club Lunch: Fat China: Expanding Waistlines Change a Nation
September 13-18, Lebanese Food & Wine Promotion
September 13, Club Lunch: Threat of Islamic Fundamentalism to Asia
September 9, Johnnie Walker Whisky Dinner
FCC Diary 2011
Man and Shark by Paul Hilton and Alex Hofford
FCC Special Promotion for New Correspondent and Journalist Members
Late Lunch Promotion
FCC Label Wine "Correspondents' Choice"
FCC Gratuity Fee
FCC 2010/2011 Board Election
Nancy Kwan: My life before and after Suzie Wong
From the Club President
New Cavendish, London
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