Children join Morgan Stanley choir for grand finale of record HK$3.5 million fundraising effort
Event marks 21st year of banking giant’s support for Operation Santa Claus
More than 100 Morgan Stanley senior executives and managers enjoyed a special moment as they donned Santa hats, reindeer headbands and red scarves and gathered on stage at the balcony of Hong Kong’s tallest building, the International Commerce Centre.
They were assembled for the 15th annual Morgan Stanley Directors’ Choir performance. The participants, who had been sponsored to sing by their colleagues, were drawn from 10 departments and split into five groups for a Christmas song contest.
Also on stage were 30 students from the Hong Kong Society for the Protection of Children.
The event marked the grand finale of the banking giant’s fundraising efforts for Operation Santa Claus, the yearly festive charity campaign held by the South China Morning Post and RTHK.
Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Co-CEO Gokul Laroia announced that the firm had raised a record HK$3.5 million for its beneficiary, Po Leung Kuk Residential Child Care Service Unit.