Stuart Gulliver’s crisp explanation this week of why he once held his annual bonuses in a Swiss private bank account via a Panamanian company was plausible yet somehow more puzzling than if he had been evading tax. “Being in Switzerland protects me from the Hong Kong staff. Being in Panama protects me from the Swiss staff,” said HSBC’s chief executive.
關於自己爲何曾將年度獎金通過一家巴拿馬公司放在一個瑞士私人銀行賬戶上,歐智華(Stuart Gulliver)本週給出的爽快解釋聽上去不無道理,但如果他說自己那樣做是爲了逃稅會更容易理解。這位滙豐(HSBC)執行長說:「放在瑞士能夠不讓香港的員工知道。通過巴拿馬公司能夠不讓瑞士的員工知道。」
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