IBeijing iphoqa isikhulu seCathay Pacific Airways ukuthi sisule esikhundleni ngenxa yemibhikisho yaseHong Kong

URupert Hogg uphoqeleke ukuthi asule namuhla njengo I-Cathay Pacific Airways' Isikhulu Esiphezulu, kulandela ingcindezi yaseBeijing enkampanini yezindiza ngokubamba iqhaza kwabanye babasebenzi bayo emibhikishweni emelene neChina.

U-Hogg waba yisisulu esiphezulu senkampani yengcindezi esemthethweni yamaShayina kwamanye amazwe kanye i-Hong Kong izinkampani ezizosekela isikhundla seQembu lamaKhomanisi elibusayo ngokumelene nababhikishi.

IBeijing ixoshe izinkampani ngesonto eledlule ngesikhathi ixwayisa abasebenzi baseCathay Pacific “abaseka noma ababambe iqhaza emibhikishweni engekho emthethweni” bazovinjelwa ukuthi bandize baye ezweni elikhulu. UCathay Pacific uthe umshayeli wendiza owayebekwe icala lokususa uthuthuva ususiwe emsebenzini wokundiza.

IHong Kong isenyangeni yayo yesithathu yemibhikisho eqale ngokuphikisana nomthetho ohlongozwayo wokubuyisela izwe kwamanye amazwe kodwa yanda ukuze ihlanganise nezimfuno zohlelo lwentando yeningi.

I-Cathay Pacific idinga abaphathi abasha "ukusetha kabusha ukuzethemba" ngoba ukuzibophezela kwayo kwezokuphepha nokuphepha "kwabatshazwa," kusho usihlalo wenkampani, uJohn Slosar, esitatimendeni.

UHogg wesulile ukuze "abambe iqhaza njengomholi wenkampani ngenxa yezehlakalo zakamuva," kusho isitatimende.

ICathay Pacific isebenzela izindawo ezingaphezu kwama-200 e-Asia, eYurophu naseMelika. Inabasebenzi abangu-33,000.

Umzali wayo, i-Cathay Pacific Group, nayo ingumnikazi we-Dragonair, i-Air Hong Kong ne-HK Express.

USlosar uthe ngesonto eledlule iCathay Pacific ayizange itshele abasebenzi bayo ukuthi bacabangeni, kodwa leso sikhundla sashintsha kulandela isexwayiso saseChina.

NgoMsombuluko, uHogg wesabise abasebenzi ngezijeziso ezihlanganisa nokudubula okungenzeka uma bebamba iqhaza “emibhikishweni engekho emthethweni.”

IHong Kong yathenjiswa "izinga eliphakeme lokuzimela" - uhlelo olubizwa ngokuthi "izwe elilodwa, izinhlelo ezimbili" yiBeijing - ngenkathi ikoloni langaphambili laseBrithani libuyela eChina ngo-1997.

Abagxeki bakahulumeni bathi lokho kucekelwa phansi abaholi baseHong Kong kanye neQembu LamaKhomanisi.

“I-Cathay Pacific izibophezele ngokugcwele e-Hong Kong ngaphansi komgomo 'wezwe elilodwa, izinhlelo ezimbili' njengoba kubekwe eMthethweni Oyisisekelo. Siyazethemba ukuthi iHong Kong izoba nekusasa elihle,” kusho uSloar esitatimendeni.

Ezinye izinkampani nazo zibanjwe yizinkanuko zobuzwe.

Abakhiqizi bemfashini u-Givenchy, Versace kanye no-Coach baxolise ngemuva kokuthi abasebenzisi bezokuxhumana baseShayina bebagxeka ngokuthengisa izikibha ezibonisa iHong Kong, kanye nendawo yaseShayina yaseMacau kanye neTaiwan ezibusayo, njengamazwe ahlukene.

ITaiwan yahlukana nezwe elikhulu empini yombango ngo-1949 kodwa iBeijing ithi lesi siqhingi njengendawo yayo futhi icindezela izinkampani ukuthi zithi siyingxenye yeChina.

Ngonyaka odlule, izinkampani zezindiza ezingu-20 ezihlanganisa iBritish Airways, iLufthansa ne-Air Canada zashintsha amawebhusayithi azo ukuze zibize iTaiwan ingxenye yeChina ngaphansi kwemiyalo yomlawuli waseChina. I-White House ibize lesi sidingo ngokuthi “umbhedo we-Orwellian.”