The lease of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) in Hong Kong will expire on Jan. 1, 2023. The Hong Kong government has recently approved its renewal, but with new terms added. The lease period has been reduced from the previous seven years to just three years, and the lease can be terminated with three months’ notice by the government, and national security clauses have been added this time.
The government responded to The Epoch Times inquiry and stated that the FCC had previously requested the lease renewal of the site. After careful consideration, it has proposed to the FCC a new three-year lease at the market rate, effective from Jan. 2, 2023.
