HSBC donates Dhs10m to Dubai Cares

Notes and media contacts

Media enquiries to Dina Kotby, Manager Corporate Communications, HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, on tel. 04 3906634

HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
HSBC is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East. HSBC Bank Middle East Limited has 36 branches throughout the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestinian Autonomous Area, including an offshore banking unit in Bahrain. In addition to the branch network the Bank maintains representative offices in Tehran, Iran and Tripoli, Libya. This extensive regional coverage is strengthened by another member of the HSBC Group, HSBC Bank Egypt SAE, and by its associated companies, The Saudi British Bank, British Arab Commercial Bank Limited, and HSBC Saudi Arabia Limited.

HSBC Holdings plc
HSBC Holdings plc serves over 125 million customers worldwide through around 10,000 offices in 83 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of some US$2,150 billion at 30 June 2007, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's local bank'.

HSBC Global Education Trust
The HSBC Global Education Trust, led by Dame Mary Richardson, was established in January 2001 to provide a focus for the HSBC Group's educational projects. It seeks to open doors of opportunity for young people by raising standards of education and focusing on:
• primary and secondary education programmes for children or schools in disadvantaged areas
• language programmes (particularly Mandarin)
• programmes to promote international understanding among young people
• programmes that encourage greater understanding of business and finance
• attitudinal education
The HSBC Education Trust works with schools and communities to enhance young people's educational experience in and out of the classroom.