Occupy protestors to vacate HSBC plaza

Protestors with the Occupy Wall Street movement must vacate an area under HSBC’s (HBC.NYSE, 0005.HKG, HSBA.LON) Asian headquarters after the bank won a court order to end the nearly 10-month demonstration, Bloomberg reported. The “Occupy Central” demonstrators must leave by 9 pm on August 27, with the court assigning a bailiff to enforce the ruling. “We don’t think the court ruling should be the only barometer,” said Leung Wing-lai, a 30-year-old protestor. “We will think about what to do with the potential forceful removal. We won’t leave.” A spokesman for HSBC said the bank welcomed the court’s decision. Roughly 50 people have occupied the plaza on the ground floor of the HSBC building. That number is far fewer than other demonstrations in Hong Kong this year, including a 112,000-person march on the anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China that called for less income inequality, a higher minimum wage and human rights in China.