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Encyclopedia > Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong

The Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) in Hong Kong, founded 1949 is a club for the media, business and diplomatic community. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...


The FCC is a members-only club with the following membership categories:

  • Correspondent
  • Journalist
  • Associate (in this category anyone can join)
  • International media-related corporate
  • Diplomatic

These include gourmet dining outlets on three levels of the historic club building, a well equipped Health Club, and the FCC/IBM Media Room with its state of the art computer and communications technology.


The FCC has a main bar, main dining room, Bert's, the club's new cellar jazz bar and a gym with sauna, steam room and whirl pool. Sauna on the lake Vättern, in Karlsborg Municipality. ...


Its membership is claimed to range from the reporters, photographers and radio and television teams, the Chief Executive of the territory and leading figures in the worlds of business and diplomacy.


When prominent international figures from the worlds of commerce, politics or entertainment visit Hong Kong, many choose to address the FCC's speaker lunches as the best means of reaching their desired audience - both directly and through media coverage of the events.


Located in the original Ice House at the top of Ice House Street the Club occupies one of the few remaining colonial buildings in core Central.


External link

  • FCC Home Page

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Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (225 words)
The Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) in Hong Kong, founded 1949 is a club for the media, business and diplomatic community.
The FCC has a main bar, main dining room, Bert's, the club's new cellar jazz bar and a gym with sauna, steam room and whirl pool.
When prominent international figures from the worlds of commerce, politics or entertainment visit Hong Kong, many choose to address the FCC's speaker lunches as the best means of reaching their desired audience - both directly and through media coverage of the events.
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