HSBC has
asked a court in Hong Kong to let it evict protesters at its Asian headquarters
who have been there for nine months.
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| Juliana Liu has been to find out why the protesters have stayed outside the bank |
Protesters
have pitched about 20 tents in an alleyway on the ground floor of the HSBC
building.
HSBC says
it owns the property and intends to use it for community events.
The protest
is inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement which began in New York and is
aimed at highlighting inequality.
The
anti-capitalist movement has spread to other cities around the world. The New
York protesters were removed in November, while others in London were evicted
from Finsbury Square in June.
The
demonstrators did not comply with an earlier request by HSBC to voluntarily
pack up and leave the building.
BBC
correspondent Juliana Liu says the main concerns in Hong Kong are rising income
inequality and record-high property prices.
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