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function createLeftMenu() {
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	var headlink='href="/e_about_us/index.html" target="_top"';
	var	item=new Array(
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	  {text:'Board of Directors',	  link:'href="/e_about_us/board_of_directors.html" target="_top"'},	  
	  {text:'Press Releases',         link:'href="/e_about_us/press_release.html" target="_top"'},
	  {text:'Speeches',               link:'href="/e_about_us/speeches.html" target="_top"'},
	  {text:'Awards and Recognition',     link:'href="/e_about_us/awards_recognition.html" target="_top"'},
	  {text:'Investor Relations',     link:'href="/hsb/eng/abo/ir/home/index.html" target="_top"'},
	  {text:'Corporate Responsibility',  link:'href="/e_about_us/corporate_responsibility/index.html" target="_top"'},
	  {text:'Career Opportunities',   link:'href="/hsb/eng/abo/co/home/index.html" target="_top"'},
	  {text:'Contact Us',							link:'href="/hsb/eng/abo/cu/home/index.html" target="_top"'}
	);
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	var	c=getID(new	String(document.location));
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	}
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}

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