Hong Kong Stockbrokers Protest Shorter Lunch Break

HONG KONG — Several hundred Hong Kong stockbrokers have marched to the city's stock exchange to protest plans to trim their lunch break between morning and afternoon trading sessions to an hour.

The stockbrokers carried placards Thursday denouncing the plan to shorten the break by 30 minutes. Rally leaders handed a letter of protest to exchange officials.

The shorter lunch break is set to take effect in March and is the second phase of a plan to extend trading hours. Last year it was cut to 90 minutes from two hours.

Stock exchange officials say they need to bring trading hours in line with international rivals. But brokers say they need the time to meet with clients and attend IPO presentations.

Comments

[TSOCANUCK]

06:59 AM on 01/13/2012

welcome to the life you help create ...you ......s

[loki]

08:04 PM on 01/12/2012

maybe they should unionize?

[Happy Clb]

07:42 PM on 01/12/2012

poor babies.

[KIVPossum]

11:49 AM on 01/12/2012

Gosh, how sad - they will only have an hour for lunch

[juls1314]

07:46 PM on 01/12/2012

It's a working lunch. Meeting with clients, getting work done, etc...

[Anthony Robert Taylor]

10:54 AM on 01/12/2012

Considering most make their money on the backs of workers that work under appalling conditions a piece of humble pie would be appropriate – and that takes no more than 15 minutes!!!! BTW this does not only apply to Hong Kong????

[rikster]

09:57 AM on 01/12/2012

I wouldn't know what to do with an hour for lunch.

[plantbasedpunk]

11:05 AM on 01/12/2012

Seriously! Much less 2 hours. I usually only take 20-30 minutes lunch. I'm given an hour, but I see no point in lounging around for 40 minutes.

[Drellie]

09:52 AM on 01/12/2012

My heart bleeds.... no really..... honest.... it does......