it has signed a five—year deal with next, who will "create and sell" ted baker—branded clothes, shoesogg, has resigned in the wake of the protests in hong kong. paul loo is also leaving as chief customer and commercial officer. mr hogg warned on monday staff could be fired if they "support or participate in illegal protests" in hong kong. karishma vaswani is our asia business correspondent — she joins us from singapore. first, give us the background to all of this. well, this has come as a real shock for the aviation industry, because rupert hogg was widely seen as the man that turned the fortunes of the airline around. he is seen as a steady pair of hands. but the airline itself has become very complicated situation for the airline the last few weeks with the protests, the pro—democracy protests taking place in hong kong. initially, the airline had said it would not stop its staff from participating in these protests, but it had to backtrack on that policy decision after getting pressure from beijing, from the chinese civil aviation authorities, who had ordered cathay pacific to crac