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Cheap homes scandal rocks Shenzhen
By Wang Xiang |
April 12, 2010, Monday
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AT least 299 Shenzhen City workers have passed auditing to buy affordable houses designed for poor people as the government said they were all impoverished part-timers.
Some of the applicants lived in luxury complexes with an average housing price over 50,000 yuan (US$7,326) per square meter, today's Guangzhou Daily reported.
The names of the workers, publicized with the audit results, have cast doubt on the fairness of Shenzhen's allocation of affordable houses in the south China city.
Many of the 299 officials work in Shenzhen's Customs Office, considered the best-paid government post.
The sub district offices in charge of the preliminary auditing told the newspaper that these officials might have lived in relatives' houses and they could only rely on the applicants' honesty.
Some officials backed out of the bid under pressure, an insider with the Shenzhen government told the newspaper.
Another official – not even a Shenzhen resident – also passed the auditing. Surnamed Shi, he was head of the liaison office of Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, and reportedly sent his son to a French university, costing over 10,000 euros a year in tuition.
Shi has backed out of the bid and the city's housing authority said it would launch a re-auditing for the applicants because of the scandal. The result would be made public this June, according to the newspaper.
Some of the applicants lived in luxury complexes with an average housing price over 50,000 yuan (US$7,326) per square meter, today's Guangzhou Daily reported.
The names of the workers, publicized with the audit results, have cast doubt on the fairness of Shenzhen's allocation of affordable houses in the south China city.
Many of the 299 officials work in Shenzhen's Customs Office, considered the best-paid government post.
The sub district offices in charge of the preliminary auditing told the newspaper that these officials might have lived in relatives' houses and they could only rely on the applicants' honesty.
Some officials backed out of the bid under pressure, an insider with the Shenzhen government told the newspaper.
Another official – not even a Shenzhen resident – also passed the auditing. Surnamed Shi, he was head of the liaison office of Qiqihar City in Heilongjiang Province, and reportedly sent his son to a French university, costing over 10,000 euros a year in tuition.
Shi has backed out of the bid and the city's housing authority said it would launch a re-auditing for the applicants because of the scandal. The result would be made public this June, according to the newspaper.
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