I have read Beyond Lion Rock: The Story of Cathay Pacific Airways by Gavin Young which you may be referring to?
It is a good read and exudes the pioneering excitement and wonderful good feelings that the Company and and all its employees equally shared before the rot set it some 20 years ago now!
Many of the worthless management scum that followed were exposed in the book, "The 49ers - The True Story" by John Warham...but of course that is a more recent tale!
It's funny how many people don't read books anymore and thus their knowledge of history relies upon idle and mostly inaccurate alcohol driven bar chit chat...alas.