HSBC executive director Philip Farrugia Randon is shown presenting HSBC’s sponsorship for Festival Malta to the Malta Council for Culture and The Arts chairman Joe Friggieri. Also present was Tourism and Culture Minister Francis Zammit Dimech.

Sponsored by HSBC Bank Malta plc and VISET Malta, Festival Malta 2005 offers a package of cultural events including an opera premiere, cutting edge contemporary dance, virtuoso classic concerts, experimental Maltese theatre and a Maltese poetry recital accompanied by ethnic music along with the three day jazz festival and the annual Shakespearean play. This is the second consecutive year that HSBC is the main sponsor of Festival Malta.