Public Relations for Asia

This book is an essential read for anyone interested in Public Relations in Asia. Whether you are working in PR, studying PR, a journalist dealing with PR, or just interested in this fascinating and fast growing market, Public Relations in Asia offers readers a vital insight into how PR works.Combining the latest in Public Relations theory with clear and practical guidance on how to plan and structure a PR campaign, as well as invaluable top tips on the skills needed to create successful PR campaigns, Public Relations in Asia is also full of fascinating and relevant case histories from around Asia and the rest of the world.

TREVOR MORRIS is one of the UK's most senior PR practitioners and a visiting professor at the University of Westminster, where he teaches on a range of postgraduate and undergraduate programmes. Until he stepped down in 2003, Morris was Chief Executive of Chime Communications Public Relations Group, the UK (and Europe)'s largest PR group, with some 250 employees. In over 22 years in the industry he successfully built a major PR consultancy, worked for numerous major companies and government bodies and knew and worked alongside most of the key players in contemporary PR. Morris maintained a high profile within the industry and industry organisations and made countless TV, radio and newspaper appearances.

SIMON GOLDSWORTHY is Senior Lecturer in Public Communication at the University of Westminster. He established London's first Master of Arts course in public relations and has since added the teaching of public relations to the University's well-known undergraduate media studies programme. He has lectured to international audiences, including Johns Hopkins University and at the Sorbonne. His civil service career included three years at the Central Office of Information and press office work for a number of Government departments. He has also worked as a PR consultant in the private sector.