Hong Kong Banks Send Some Staff Home as Tear Gas Wafts Outside
- HSBC, BofA, Goldman among banks letting staff leave if needed
- ‘You are encouraged to make plans to leave the office’
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Major Hong Kong banks spent their morning telling employees to commute carefully, and by afternoon began urging them to consider going home as police lobbed tear gas at protesters on the streets outside.
“Your safety is our top priority,” HSBC Holdings Plc wrote to staff around lunchtime, inviting them to use their judgment in leaving and noting the firm will remain open. “Please take laptops home if you are able to work remotely.”