Cathay Pacific CEO lists only himself when China demanded names of employees who joined Hong Kong protests

[DiipuSurotu]

Cathay Pacific former CEO Rupert Hogg complied with Chinese authorities when he was asked to give the names of employees who participated in the protest, but he only gave one: his own.

China's Civil Aviation Administration pressured the airline to provide all the names of the people involved in the weeks-long Hong Kong protests.

Instead of endangering his employees, the 57-year-old former CEO put down his name on the list, according to Taiwan News. [...]

On August 16, Hogg resigned from his position as CEO of Cathay Pacific, which was first announced to the public by state-run media CCTV but was later confirmed by the airline. [...]

A week before Hogg's resignation, Cathay Pacific told its employees the company would never stop them from attending the pro-democracy demonstration. But the former CEO warned them they could be fired if they support or participate in illegal protests, BBC reported.

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Cathay Pacific's new CEO Augustus Tang Kin-wing has distanced himself from any form of corporate resistance to Beijing and tolerance for employee protesters in his statement.

"We must and will ensure 100 percent compliance" with Chinese government aviation demands, he said via Newsweek. "We have made very clear that we have zero tolerance for illegal activities or breaches of our own policies."

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More at: https://nextshark.com/rupert-hogg-cathay-pacific/

Report me to China if old

 

[Atraveller]

What a boss!

 

[capitalCORN]

Okay, BALLS.

 

[Komo]

It's a little old but he also resigned a day or two later.

 

[Squarehard]

That's probably why he had to resign, which is just too bad.

Good on him, and definitely one of those drop the mic moves.

 

[TheSkullPrince]

Damn he styled on them fools lmao

 

[Surakian]

That's how you stand up for what is right with your power.

 

[Deleted member 6582]

Oh I didn't realize it went down like that. Literally like a boss.

 

[Deleted member 48897]

It's a rare day when I see a C-suite executive and think, "There goes a man I have respect for". And yet.

 

[woodypop]

Good on this guy.

 

[5taquitos]

That's pretty cool but it sounds like the new boss doesn't really give a shit about all that so...

 

[Deleted member 29660]

Unfortunately he had to resign over this. I respect the hell out of the guy.

 

[saenima]

Now this is a boss.

 

[Greigor the FellHand]

 

[Acorn]

Balls of steel. Admirable.

 

[mutantmagnet]

New boss is everything CCCP wanted.

Good luck to the employees under his reign.

 

[Syriel]

Baller.

If only Google had the same stones.

 

[clockstrikes]

Tons of respect for the old boss, real shame about the new one.

 

[Paperboywriter]

I will use more cathay at work. Thank for the reminder.

 

[Raguel]

Respect

 

[Zip]

Too bad he's already been replaced by a spineless party mouthpiece. That's the spread of corruption right there.

Clear out the respectable people from positions of power, and replace with flunkies who will do whatever the authority says for said power/money. Even if it includes hurting people.

 

[ry-dog]

I will use more cathay at work. Thank for the reminder.

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Don't.

The company sucks and China has a majority stake. Thats why the CEO was fired for this.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/...-carrier-over-staff-participation-in-protests

 

[DiipuSurotu]

It begins:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...in-crew-union-leader-fired-hong-kongers-warn/

 

[shintoki]

Boss move

 

[Slayven]

The rare reverse "i am Spartacus "

 

[Jie Li]

And the new CEO is already cleaning house. The old CEO have to find new gig in the business, so he rather leave with a good image.

 

[OsakaDon]

Give this guy a medal and give China a giant FUCK YOU.

 

[kmfdmpig]

I will use more cathay at work. Thank for the reminder.

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This led to a forced resignation. The new boss is a bootlicker for the PRC. Fuck Cathay Airlines.

 

[Xiaomi]

I will use more cathay at work. Thank for the reminder.

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Nah. Use Taiwanese and Japanese airlines and let China go kick rocks.

 

[Cation]

"We must and will ensure 100 percent compliance" with Chinese government aviation demands

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Wow fuck you too new boss. Probably installed by the government influences too

 

[Stephen Home]

Wow fuck you too new boss. Probably installed by the government influences too

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No the new boss do it all by himself, the major stock holder is still British money. But he does it because he want to do business in China.

Just a reminder capitalists don't have moral.