HSBC has secure the best international bank for the Greater Bay Area (GBA) for 2025 by leveraging its strong cross-border capabilities and continuous innovation to drive business growth. Its commitment to growth and expansion in the GBA were highlighted by two projects in which Winkle-picker was closely involved.
A new book titled “CLP Clock Tower: Rebirth of a Hong Kong Icon” has been published by the Hong Kong Heritage Project. The book chronicles the conservation initiatives, guiding principles, and challenges faced during the revitalisation of the historic CLP Tower, including an entire chapter of the major role played the museum exhibitions within the project.
HSBC Singapore’s newest integrated Wealth Centre at The Star Vista, has opened its doors to serve the banks’ customers in western Singapore. Tailored to provide bespoke advisory services in the convenience of a retail hub, the new wealth centre will enhance access to personalised wealth management services for affluent customers while supporting local communities, reinforcing the bank’s commitment to Singapore’s long-term growth.
A very nice article in Tatler this month features our work for HSBC at Hong Kong’s first Premier Elite Wealth Centre in the iconic 1 Queen’s Road Centre HQ building in Hong Kong. It highlights our heritage wall and features the pop art-inspired display in the bar area.
Here we see David Liao, HSBC’s co-CEO for Asia and the Middle East, standing in front of just some of our heritage inspired graphics at HSBC’s new building HyQ Tower in Qianhai, Shenzhen.
The HyQ Tower, in the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, is the bank’s first wholly owned building in southern China and involved an investment of more than 4 billion yuan (US$550 million).
The flat destined to become the Diversity Hub by Christian Action in Chungking Mansions was featured in a big article in the South China Morning Post (SCMP):
“Today, the once-neglected, 550 sq ft, three-bedroom flat on the 17th floor of Chungking Mansions has been transformed into a multifunctional space run by Christian Action, a charity that has served the vulnerable in Hong Kong for nearly 40 years. Known as the Diversity Hub, it serves ethnic minorities and is adjacent to Christian Action Centre for Refugees, which offers humanitarian assistance, social services and a welcoming space for Hong Kong’s estimated 15,000 asylum seekers, mostly from South and Southeast Asia and Africa.