Celebrities urge masks to protect traffic police
By Xiao Li |
January 30, 2013, Wednesday
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AFTER days of gray skies in the capital, some of Beijing's better known residents not only began to vent their frustration at the conditions but also expressed concern for people who had to work outdoors.
An online campaign was launched, calling for traffic police to be allowed to wear masks.
Internet celebrity Sister Lotus was one of the first to highlight the dangers faced by the city's traffic police.
Sister Furong, as she is also known, became famous for her blogs about getting into college and finding a boyfriend and for posting risque photographs of herself.
She wrote on her microblog: "The outdoor still seems so foggy in the daybreak. We can wear gauze masks to protect our health, but how about the police on duty in the fog? Please provide them with military gauze masks."
Her post was forwarded 14,052 times and won many supporters.
Jing Yidan, an anchorwoman with China Central Television, said she, too, was worried about the traffic police.
"Haze comes again. Many pedestrians wear gauze masks, but traffic police don't," she said. Her post quickly gained the support of other celebrities, including TV personality Yang Lan and real estate tycoon Ren Zhiqiang.
Bloggers Pan Shiyi and Xue Manzi, who have a combined 24 million followers on Chinese sites, called for legislation against pollution.
In Shanghai, police don't wear masks. "Wearing a mask is not allowed in our dress code," an officer told Shanghai Daily.
An online campaign was launched, calling for traffic police to be allowed to wear masks.
Internet celebrity Sister Lotus was one of the first to highlight the dangers faced by the city's traffic police.
Sister Furong, as she is also known, became famous for her blogs about getting into college and finding a boyfriend and for posting risque photographs of herself.
She wrote on her microblog: "The outdoor still seems so foggy in the daybreak. We can wear gauze masks to protect our health, but how about the police on duty in the fog? Please provide them with military gauze masks."
Her post was forwarded 14,052 times and won many supporters.
Jing Yidan, an anchorwoman with China Central Television, said she, too, was worried about the traffic police.
"Haze comes again. Many pedestrians wear gauze masks, but traffic police don't," she said. Her post quickly gained the support of other celebrities, including TV personality Yang Lan and real estate tycoon Ren Zhiqiang.
Bloggers Pan Shiyi and Xue Manzi, who have a combined 24 million followers on Chinese sites, called for legislation against pollution.
In Shanghai, police don't wear masks. "Wearing a mask is not allowed in our dress code," an officer told Shanghai Daily.
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