Man starts bald campaign to stop lighting project
By Wang Qingchu |
April 30, 2011, Saturday
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A MAN is recruiting 1,000 bald people in a bid to stop the Guangzhou City government spending 150 million yuan (US$23 million) on a lighting project, which he said will cause pollution.
The man identified online as Xiaoyanzi shaved his head bald, posted pictures on his microblog page on Weibo.com and called on others to join him because the "brain is brighter."
If there are enough bald people to light up the night of Guangzhou, the government won't need to fork out the money on the project, he said.
In China, people who shave their heads completely bald are dubbed "light bulbs" as the two bear a resemblance in shape and bald heads are bright.
His message has been forwarded more than 4,500 times.
Xiaoyanzi has published pictures of 35 bald supporters from across the country, including several women and a 75-day-old baby girl.
The ambitious lighting project, including installing high power search lights on high-rises and bridges, large LED screen and lamp posts in downtown areas, could cause light pollution. The electricity bill will amount to 60 million yuan annually, Xiaoyanzi said.
Xiaoyanzi also said on his blog on Sina.com that public opinion was not solicited before going ahead with the project.
The man wrote a letter to Guangzhou's mayor, calling for a halt to the project. He hasn't received a response thus far.
If he doesn't receive feedback by May 4, Xiaoyanzi and several volunteers working on the campaign would personally hand in a petition to the Guangzhou Commission of Housing and Urban-rural Development, a volunteer identified as Yu Tian told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
"For a better environment for our future generation, I signed my child up for the activity on his behalf," said a parent of a baby whose bald picture was posted online.
An owner of a hair saloon in Guangzhou shaved his head bald, along with three others for free, to support the online campaign.
"As a young person who loves Guangzhou, I want to use the microblog to seek more participants," Xiaoyanzi told Nanfang Daily, and reiterated he wasn't seeking publicity for himself.
He also said he wanted to promote effective communication between the government and residents.
The man identified online as Xiaoyanzi shaved his head bald, posted pictures on his microblog page on Weibo.com and called on others to join him because the "brain is brighter."
If there are enough bald people to light up the night of Guangzhou, the government won't need to fork out the money on the project, he said.
In China, people who shave their heads completely bald are dubbed "light bulbs" as the two bear a resemblance in shape and bald heads are bright.
His message has been forwarded more than 4,500 times.
Xiaoyanzi has published pictures of 35 bald supporters from across the country, including several women and a 75-day-old baby girl.
The ambitious lighting project, including installing high power search lights on high-rises and bridges, large LED screen and lamp posts in downtown areas, could cause light pollution. The electricity bill will amount to 60 million yuan annually, Xiaoyanzi said.
Xiaoyanzi also said on his blog on Sina.com that public opinion was not solicited before going ahead with the project.
The man wrote a letter to Guangzhou's mayor, calling for a halt to the project. He hasn't received a response thus far.
If he doesn't receive feedback by May 4, Xiaoyanzi and several volunteers working on the campaign would personally hand in a petition to the Guangzhou Commission of Housing and Urban-rural Development, a volunteer identified as Yu Tian told Shanghai Daily yesterday.
"For a better environment for our future generation, I signed my child up for the activity on his behalf," said a parent of a baby whose bald picture was posted online.
An owner of a hair saloon in Guangzhou shaved his head bald, along with three others for free, to support the online campaign.
"As a young person who loves Guangzhou, I want to use the microblog to seek more participants," Xiaoyanzi told Nanfang Daily, and reiterated he wasn't seeking publicity for himself.
He also said he wanted to promote effective communication between the government and residents.
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