A man walks past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at a Hong Kong street in Hong Kong Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Hong Kong's key stock index dropped 2.29 percent on Thursday as traders sold Chinese telecom shares and fashion retailer Esprit. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index fell 492.43 points to 20,972.29 points.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Vincent Yu