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 Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 5:58 am Post subject: HSBC Board Member likens protesters to slaves |
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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0IK0DV20141031?irpc=932
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Laura Cha, who is also a member of Hong Kong's policy-making Executive Council, chairwoman of the city's Financial Services Development Council and a member of China's parliament, was quoted as making the comments at an event in Paris.
"American slaves were liberated in 1861 but did not get voting rights until 107 years later. So why can't Hong Kong wait for a while?" the Standard newspaper on Thursday quoted Cha as saying, referring to demands for free elections in the former British colony.
Cha said democracy could not be reached in just one step and warned that investors' confidence in Hong Kong was at a critical point, the newspaper added.
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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which was established in 1865 to finance growing trade between Europe, India and China, has for decades been the most prominent retail and commercial bank in Hong Kong, using the city as a bedrock for its global expansion. HSBC has the largest branch network in mainland China of a foreign bank. |
Hot take!
Little known "fact:" Lincoln freed the slaves to increase investor confidence. |
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le-paul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2014 3:05 am Post subject: Re: HSBC Board Member likens protesters to slaves |
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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0IK0DV20141031?irpc=932
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Laura Cha, who is also a member of Hong Kong's policy-making Executive Council, chairwoman of the city's Financial Services Development Council and a member of China's parliament, was quoted as making the comments at an event in Paris.
"American slaves were liberated in 1861 but did not get voting rights until 107 years later. So why can't Hong Kong wait for a while?" the Standard newspaper on Thursday quoted Cha as saying, referring to demands for free elections in the former British colony.
Cha said democracy could not be reached in just one step and warned that investors' confidence in Hong Kong was at a critical point, the newspaper added.
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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which was established in 1865 to finance growing trade between Europe, India and China, has for decades been the most prominent retail and commercial bank in Hong Kong, using the city as a bedrock for its global expansion. HSBC has the largest branch network in mainland China of a foreign bank. |
Hot take!
Little known "fact:" Lincoln freed the slaves to increase investor confidence. |
Thats strange, I read some kind of biography of his, and got the impression he was a lifelong objector to slavery and the mistreatment of blacks? |
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