2011

The HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards 2010-11
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Limited in Bangladesh organised the Young Entrepreneur Award (YEA) 2011, a business plan competition for undergraduate students for the fifth time in Bangladesh. With the aim to promote creativity and innovation, this competition sharpens the business knowledge of young students beyond their borders. Launched on 19 January 2011 this year, YEA 2011 Bangladesh finale was held on 26 April 2011. Team Stalwarts won the local finale topping the initial 281 submission, 30 reports and 7 presentations.

HSBC - Prothom Alo Language Competition 2011
To enhance the love for our mother tongue among students from an early age, HSBC Bangladesh sponsored the HSBC- Prothom Alo Language Competition for the seventh consecutive year in Bangladesh. This year's competition was launched on 18 February 2011, and altogether 9 regional competitions were held. Each of the regional competitions saw massive participation of around 800 students, whereas, the regional event in Dhaka was attended by 1200 students. The competition was held in 4 categories, including primary school, high school and college level students. A large number of HSBC staff members showed their enthusiasm despite the long travel distance by volunteering in the whole-day event . The final competition and award giving ceremony was held at Dhaka which was attended by a total of 496 students. A total of 20 students from each category were awarded. The event ended with a vow to preserve and promote our mother language in its correct and beautiful form.

Giving Future First fund and education materials to HASAB
HSBC, through its global flagship education fund "Future First", assisted the SCUP project HASAB which aims to offer vocational training to 15 adolescents and gives education and scholarships to 200 children's of AIDS patients and sex workers. Recently, the project was launched in both Gazipur and Mymensingh where HSBC Bangladesh provided education materials to 80 children and also education allowance to 8 others.