Published: 15:27, October 22, 2020 | Updated: 13:45, June 5, 2023
HSBC's iconic lion statues in HK restored to former glory
By chinadailyhk.com

Peter Wong Tung-shun (right), deputy chairman and chief executive of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC), touches a lion statue outside the HSBC headquarters building in Central, Hong Kong, on Oct 22, 2020. The two iconic lion statues outside the HSBC building were unveiled nine months after they were vandalized by protesters in January this year. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

A Fengshui master dots the eyes of the lion statue at HSBC headquarters building in Central, Hong Kong, Oct 22, 2020. According to traditional Chinese custom, dotting the eyes give life to the lion. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

A woman poses next to a lion statue at HSBC headquarters building in Central, Hong Kong, Oct 22, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG / CHINA DAILY)

A man takes photos of one of the lion statues at HSBC headquarters building in Central, Hong Kong, Oct 22, 2020. (PHOTO / PARKER ZHENG)