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Article: Thailand--the 'land of smiles'? David Armstrong has run--as editor-in-chief--many major newspapers including The Australian and The South China Morning Post. We catch up with him in his new role as president and chief operating officer of the Bangkok Post.
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- Business Asia
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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One morning about two years ago, David Armstrong was sitting in his office in the Bangkok Post building when he heard about 100 staff members yelling out, calling for his resignation. All were dressed in black.
Armstrong's sin? He had dismissed a Bangkok Post reporter--for negligence. It was said this was the first time in the 60-year life of the newspaper, economic retrenchments aside, that a reporter had been sacked.
Working in Asia involves adjustments to different cultures, philosophies, ways of thinking and ways of working. Armstrong, a former editor-in-chief of The Australian, looks back on that time as his most abrupt lesson.
He began ...
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