HSBC 2009 Annual Report Download - page 503

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HSBC’s new China headquarters building (front cover, centre) on
the River Huangpu in Pudong, Shanghai, is due to open in mid-2010.
Photography: Mike Abrahams
Group Chairman
Photography: Eddie Chan Wai Hing