Two influential China hawks in the US Congress and UK parliament have accused HSBC of oppressing Hongkongers over pension rights if they want to emigrate, in a sign of the pressure on the bank as it straddles western and Asian markets.Mike Gallagher, the US Republican representative and chair of the House China committee, and Alicia Kearns, the Conservative MP who heads the UK foreign affairs select committee, wrote to HSBC on Friday to express “deep concern” that the bank was barring some Hong Kong residents from making early pension withdrawals if they want to move abroad.
美國國會和英國議會中兩位有影響力的對華鷹派人士指責匯豐(HSBC)壓制某些想要移民海外的香港人的養老金權益。這件事表明該行兼顧西方和亞洲市場的戰略面臨壓力。