The restored lion statues at HSBC's Central headquarters were unveiled today at 11:00am in a brief ceremony following a traditional Chinese ritual for good fortune.
HSBC Hong Kong Chief Executive Diana Cesar, was on hand for the occasion, along with HSBC Asia Pacific Chief Executive Peter Wong.
He said many customers and employees, as well as the public, had been looking forward to seeing the lions again.
The statures had been a part of Hong Kong's history "through good times and bad,'' he said.
The statues were boarded up after being damaged in January.
Protesters damaged the lions at the headquarters in Central after being enraged by the British bank's closure of an account of a group known as Spark Alliance, whose funds were seized by police and four arrested for money laundering.
Cast in England, the bronze figures in two different poses, were named “Stephen” and “Stitt” after Stephen and Gordon Stitt, who was then manager in Shanghai. They had been first taken to China for the opening of a new building.
