HSBC's mainland and Korean crooners may pull a surprise
If your boss likes singing, you'll know how to sing well.
The HSBC Singing Contest 2007 is to be held this month at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, audience capacity 2,000-plus, in the presence of Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp chairman Vincent Cheng Hoi-chuen, well known for his karaoke skills.
More than 200 HSBC staff joined in the first round of the singing contest, competing to be among the 12 locals to be chosen for what could be Hong Kong's biggest corporate music event.
They will join eight other HSBC employees in showing off their singing talent in the last weekend of September, with six coming from the mainland and Macau and one each from Taiwan and Brunei.
According to an insider, HSBC's singing roots can be dated back about 20 years to when the in-house band Wayfoong Rock made its debut. Since then, the contest is held every two years, organised by the Wayfoong Sports Club committee.
