reaching their desired audience - both directly and through media coverage of the events. In 2002 the club launched a charity ball featuring major musical acts that attracts attendees from across Asia. The ball raised millions to educate children from the Po Leung Kuk orphanage, though its last edition was in 2015. India The FCC in New Delhi has a long pedigree, having been founded in 1958 by correspondents covering the Indian Subcontinent from Tibet to Sri Lanka. It has more than 500 journalist members still covering as much of region as possible. New Delhi was and remains the natural locus of the Subcontinent from the perspective of the press by virtue of being the capital of India, having extensive residential, schooling and entertainment options for families, and having the benefit of nonstop flights to dozens of cities in the Subcontinent, a necessity for journalists. Most correspondents of international media outlets tend to cover not only India but also all neighboring countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka from a permanent base in New Delhi. In 1990, the FCC obtained its own premises on Mathura Road, a major thoroughfare, in New Delhi. Indonesia 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. 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". Malaysia The Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia is a non-profit organisation, established in 2011 to aid foreign correspondents working in Malaysia. The club organises regular briefings, debates and receptions with government officials, politicians, leading civil society figures, business leaders, analysts, academics and authors. The club also holds monthly social events. The FCCM includes members from all major foreign news media based in Kuala Lumpur. Associate members include journalists from the local media, foreign diplomats, government agency