Hi Jim,

Just to clarify, we are most certainly talking about the same incident as it is the only one of its kind that has occurred at the College during my time there. It was in the summer of 2007 and yes the managers at the time have a total of 4 B's in their collective names. They had only been managing the College for 4-5 months at that point.
I never said that the foreigner was a drunk - only that he had a drinking problem which DID affect his ability to control his temper. He was from Australia (while we are not naming names I'll say that his contains 2 E's) and I knew him very well as we were actually friends for a long time both before and after the incident. I bear no animosity towards him whatsoever. In fact, there were many times when I came rather close to clocking that particular manager myself - he was too young and inexperienced. A very little man trying (and failing) to fill very big shoes. He's now making the same mistakes at another Yangshuo school.
Owen has always owned the College ever since it opened 6 years ago but he has always hired others to manage it. He also owns and manages the Buckland Group along with several other more recent endeavours.