Cathay Pacific's new boss puts emphasis on safety and security
Cathay Pacific needs to focus on safety and security, its customers and the completion of a 3-year financial turnaround plan, the airline's new CE told staff Monday. Augustus Tang took the top job at the airline following the sudden exit of Rupert Hogg Friday amid mounting Chinese scrutiny over the involvement of some of the carrier's staff in anti-govt protests in Hong Kong. Hogg's departure highlights growing pressure on the corporate sector in the Chinese-controlled former British colony, where Beijing is trying to quell protests that have gone on for 11 straight weeks. Tang, a former Cathay executive who had been running an aircraft engineering business for parent Swire Pacific, was appointed as the airline attempts to salvage relations with Beijing. <br/>
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Cathay Pacific's new boss puts emphasis on safety and security
Cathay Pacific needs to focus on safety and security, its customers and the completion of a 3-year financial turnaround plan, the airline's new CE told staff Monday. Augustus Tang took the top job at the airline following the sudden exit of Rupert Hogg Friday amid mounting Chinese scrutiny over the involvement of some of the carrier's staff in anti-govt protests in Hong Kong. Hogg's departure highlights growing pressure on the corporate sector in the Chinese-controlled former British colony, where Beijing is trying to quell protests that have gone on for 11 straight weeks. Tang, a former Cathay executive who had been running an aircraft engineering business for parent Swire Pacific, was appointed as the airline attempts to salvage relations with Beijing. <br/>
