Photograph of staff and guests at the bank's first annual dinner held at the Trocadero Restaurant on 18 February 1908. Thomas Jackson (Chairman of the London Committee) is seated in the centre of the top table with 'His Excellency Li Ching Fang, Chinese Minister', [probably Li Jingfang] on his right and 'Mr Wakatsuki, Japanese Attache', [probably Wakatsuki Reijirō, later Prime Minister of Japan] on his left. A seating plan (HQ HSBCPH 0530-0005-0006-0011) is available to help identify other diners.
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