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27-12-2014, 07:10 AM
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Christmas comes early as 'millions' in cash spills onto Hong Kong road
Hong Kong shoppers and commuters pounce after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash spills onto a busy road after an apparent accident involving cash van
By Tom Phillips, Shanghai
12:00PM GMT 24 Dec 2014
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Hong Kong shoppers and commuters thought Christmas had arrived early on Wednesday afternoon after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash spilled onto a busy road following an accident apparently involving a security van.
Incredulous bystanders were seen "sprinting" onto Gloucester Road, near Hong Kong's financial heart, on Christmas eve to claim bundles of money, the South China Morning Post reported.
(Bruce Yan/South China Morning Post)
A passing taxi driver ditched his red and white cab in order to grab some of the bounty while one lady made off with ten "bricks" of cash, a witness said.
"She looked like a very regular Hong Kong lady. She had an armful of bricks of cash – it was as much as she could carry," the witness told the South China Morning Post, adding that the woman had then "disappeared" into the Wan Chai neighbourhood.
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A photograph showed one bundle of notes left on the road was marked HK$500,000 (£41,500).
(South China Morning Post)
"You couldn't make it up," the witness was quoted as saying. "There were 20 or 30 people picking up cash from the road on Christmas Eve. They looked like school kids who knew they were being naughty, but thought: 'This is a once in a lifetime thing.' Everyone had the same look on their face."
Police said they had been called to the scene at just before 2pm and that armed officers were deployed to cordon of the area. Employees from G4S, the British security firm, were also seen, the South China Morning Post said.
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Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?196633-HUAT!-HK-Santa-spilled-million-CASH-on-the-road-for-picking-up&goto=newpost).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...Kong-road.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/11312248/Christmas-comes-early-as-millions-in-cash-spills-onto-Hong-Kong-road.html)
Christmas comes early as 'millions' in cash spills onto Hong Kong road
Hong Kong shoppers and commuters pounce after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash spills onto a busy road after an apparent accident involving cash van
By Tom Phillips, Shanghai
12:00PM GMT 24 Dec 2014
CommentsComments
Hong Kong shoppers and commuters thought Christmas had arrived early on Wednesday afternoon after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of cash spilled onto a busy road following an accident apparently involving a security van.
Incredulous bystanders were seen "sprinting" onto Gloucester Road, near Hong Kong's financial heart, on Christmas eve to claim bundles of money, the South China Morning Post reported.
(Bruce Yan/South China Morning Post)
A passing taxi driver ditched his red and white cab in order to grab some of the bounty while one lady made off with ten "bricks" of cash, a witness said.
"She looked like a very regular Hong Kong lady. She had an armful of bricks of cash – it was as much as she could carry," the witness told the South China Morning Post, adding that the woman had then "disappeared" into the Wan Chai neighbourhood.
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18 Aug 2010
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A photograph showed one bundle of notes left on the road was marked HK$500,000 (£41,500).
(South China Morning Post)
"You couldn't make it up," the witness was quoted as saying. "There were 20 or 30 people picking up cash from the road on Christmas Eve. They looked like school kids who knew they were being naughty, but thought: 'This is a once in a lifetime thing.' Everyone had the same look on their face."
Police said they had been called to the scene at just before 2pm and that armed officers were deployed to cordon of the area. Employees from G4S, the British security firm, were also seen, the South China Morning Post said.
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Sir Richard Ottaway claims Beijing has refused his parliamentary inquiry access to Hong Kong, as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators return to the streets of the former colony
Hong Kong protests
Security staff members remove a barricade outside the CITIC Tower building near a protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong. Security staff members assisted by Hong Kong bailiffs took action at pro-democracy barricades outside the building located near the main protest sites in the city, as pressure grows on demonstrators to leave.
Hong Kong authorities clear protest site
Police officers remove an umbrella fixed to the barriers that protesters have set up to block off main roads in Central Hong Kong
Police tear down protest barricades
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://sammyboy.com/showthread.php?196633-HUAT!-HK-Santa-spilled-million-CASH-on-the-road-for-picking-up&goto=newpost).