Foreign Correspondents' Club
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Foreign Correspondents' Club is a group of clubs for foreign correspondents and other journalists. Some clubs are member's only, and some are open to the public.
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[edit] Hong Kong
The Foreign Correspondents' Club was founded in Chongqing in 1943 and moved to Hong Kong (from Shanghai) in 1949. It is a club for the media, business and diplomatic community. Originally an expansive villa with hotel rooms located on the now-residential 41 Conduit Road, its current residence near Lan Kwai Fong is a much humbler venue, housing a main bar, jazz bar, main restaurant, Chinese restaurant, health club, reading room, and work room.
The FCC is a members-only club with membership 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 - although membership isn't exclusive to those in the media.
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.
The club launched a wildly successful charity ball featuring major musical acts that attracts attendees from across Asia and has raised millions to educate children from the Po Leung Kuk orphanage.
[edit] Cambodia
The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is a public bar and restaurant along the Tonle Sap river, not far from the conjunction with the Mekong river. It is often referred to as 'the FCC,' or just simply 'the F.'
The FCC in Phnom Penh is a for-profit restaurant, not a membership club for journalists. Members from reciprocal clubs get a 10% discount on food and drinks.
[edit] Thailand
The main Foreign Correspondents' Club focussed on issues in Southeast Asia, with a membership list that includes generations of the greatest correspondents of the region.
[edit] Shanghai
[edit] Taipei
[edit] Beijing
[edit] Jakarta
The Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club(JFCC) is a non-profit organization for international journalists in Indonesia. The group regularly hosts luncheons with key news makers in Indonesia and topical panel discussions. Membership is open to non-journalists.
[edit] Japan
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) was started in 1945 to provide infrastructure for foreign journalists working in Post-World War II Japan. Historically, the Club has been located in the area around the Ginza.
Today, the club offers a workroom facility, a library, a restaurant, a bar, and a steady stream of local and international speakers and panels.
It is a member's club but visiting correspondents are eligible for a 30-day membership. Long standing members are affectionately referred to within the club as "squirrels"; hence, the Club itself is "Squirrel Corner".
[edit] Singapore
The Foreign Correspondents Association (Singapore) is a foreign journalist organization. Founded in 1956, it is not associated with the Foreign Correspondents' Clubs.
