HSBC bank branches suspend services in Hong Kong after damage from New Year's Day protests

Record ID: 1451104

  • Title: HSBC bank branches suspend services in Hong Kong after damage from New Year's Day protests
  • Date: 2nd January 2020
  • Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (JANUARY 2, 2020) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WALKING PASS HSBC BANK BRANCH NOTICE POSTED ON WHITE BOARD VARIOUS OF NOTICE SHOWING SUSPENSION OF SERVICES AT BANK BRANCH PEOPLE WALKING PASS HSBC/ VARIOUS OF MAN CLEANING WALL VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING ON HONG KONG STREET (SOUNDBITE) (English) 19-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG RESIDENT, HENRY GUO, SAYING: "I believe that HSBC did give out a quite acceptable explanation to it but it's quite sensitive time and sensitive issues to deal with such incidents. And I believe it's also reasonable for people have their anger towards HSBC. I believe that there maybe other way, other extra way that HSBC could have done better to settle down like people's emotion, while trying to do what they have to do like stopping money laundering from doing so. So I think both of them should actually may have better ways to resolve the solution (issue)." HENRY LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (English) 19-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG RESIDENT, HENRY GUO, SAYING: "As a citizen, I also hope that the situation could (have) go down as fast as possible, but of course I think both the government and citizen have lend out their hand to communicate so that they can join hand to hand together to solve the situation. And I believe that some of them should have bear their responsibility to take up some of the incident that happen in past year so that everyone can get a reasonable result and get everything done." PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD GRAFFITI ON ROLLER SHUTTER VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING AND LOOKING AT POSTER AT TRAM STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) 32-YEAR-OLD HONG KONG RESIDENT, TERRENCE WONG, SAYING: "But I think they (HSBC) can also keep their stance and not to fulfill police's decisions to support Hong Kong people. I hope this incident will not get worse." BROKEN TRAFFIC LIGHT LYING ON STREET PEOPLE STANDING IN FRONT OF BOARDED UP HSBC BRANCH PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD IN FRONT OF HSBC BRANCH
  • Embargoed: 16th January 2020 04:41
  • Keywords: HSBC NGO funding New Year's day protests Spark Alliance bank branches damage graffiti vandalised
  • Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • City: HONG KONG, CHINA
  • Country: Hong Kong
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BUHALHJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Some bank branches of global banking group HSBC suspended services on Thursday (January 2) after being damaged by protesters during the New Year's Day protest.
    A march drawing tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on New Year's Day spiraled into chaotic scenes as police fired several rounds of tear gas and water cannons at crowds including families before halting the event. Over 400 people were arrested according to Hong Kong police.
    Tensions on Wednesday (January 1) rose after some arrests were made in the Wan Chai bar district near a branch of global banking group HSBC, which has been the target of protester anger in recent weeks.
    Some protesters allege HSBC was complicit in carrying out orders by the authorities against activists trying to raise money to support their campaign. The bank denies any involvement.
    (Production: Ebrahim Harris, Joyce Zhou)
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