HSBC’s HK$5 billion headquarters opens in Hong Kong in 1986 – SCMP archive

This article was first published on April 8, 1986. Billion dollar brilliance by Staff Reporters The new $5.2 billion headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpn was formally opened last night (April 7, 1986) when the Governor, Sir Edward Youde, snipped a simple ribbon. The building, every light ablaze, was a symbol of the bank’s faith in the future of Hongkong, said the bank’s chairman, Mr Michael Sandberg. Many also saw it as a vindication of Mr Sandberg’s own commitment in his...