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Palace Museum apologizes for banner error
By Liang Yiwen |
May 16, 2011, Monday
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THE Palace Museum in Beijing apologized publicly today for a wrong word in its thank-you banner presented to police last Friday for swiftly cracking the theft of its exhibits.
"The museum's security department ordered the banner from a manufacturer," the museum said in its official microblog on Weibo.com. "And it sent the banner directly to the police bureau without letting the museum authorities to approve it first."
"Moreover, the security department used a flimsy excuse for its mistake when questioned by the media without consulting the museum management. This was an even bigger mistake and embarrassed the museum," the public apology said.
The microblog noted that people who made the mistakes have been criticism and the museum is asking all staff to draw a lesson from the incident.
The microblog has been forwarded more than 31,500 times with about 13,000 comments as of 3pm today.
The blunder in the museum's banner confused the word "safeguard" with "shake." The banner was given to Beijing police as a token of thanks for capturing a thief who stole seven antique jewelry boxes on May 9 from the heavily-guarded Forbidden City.
"The museum's security department ordered the banner from a manufacturer," the museum said in its official microblog on Weibo.com. "And it sent the banner directly to the police bureau without letting the museum authorities to approve it first."
"Moreover, the security department used a flimsy excuse for its mistake when questioned by the media without consulting the museum management. This was an even bigger mistake and embarrassed the museum," the public apology said.
The microblog noted that people who made the mistakes have been criticism and the museum is asking all staff to draw a lesson from the incident.
The microblog has been forwarded more than 31,500 times with about 13,000 comments as of 3pm today.
The blunder in the museum's banner confused the word "safeguard" with "shake." The banner was given to Beijing police as a token of thanks for capturing a thief who stole seven antique jewelry boxes on May 9 from the heavily-guarded Forbidden City.
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