ENTREPRENEUR Jimmy Lai has been called many things during his business career but orthodox is certainly not one of them.
The clothing and publishing millionaire who once kept a bear in his back garden has now demonstrated another example of quirkiness: he has decided to hire pizza delivery boys as reporters for his soon-to-be-launched Chinese-language newspaper, Apple Daily.
'We feel that now with the worsening traffic jams, pizza delivery boys know how to arrive at the spot the fastest . . . the details can be chased by other reporters,' he commented.
Delivering news rather than pizza should prove more remunerative for the young men, he said.
The motorcycle-riding reporters don't need degrees and will be paid more than freshly recruited college graduates.
They would also earn bonuses if they proved to be significantly faster than the opposition.
'It's because they have to be fast . . . there is danger involved in riding motorcycles,' added Lai.
