Tracts tout fake honors
By Wang Xiang |
August 27, 2010, Friday
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MORE than 200 Chinese residential complexes touting themselves as winners of United Nations habitat award actually bought the honors from fake awards mills.
These "award winning" complexes were all for sale, and therefore excluded from qualifying for the actual UN Habitat Scroll of Award, because those are given only to public welfare programs.
But developers were still keen to buy the fakes to make their properties sound better and sell better, People's Daily online reported yesterday.
At least 200 Chinese residential complexes for sale bought the fake award in the last five years, the report said.
Instead of being ashamed of the phony award, they bragged about it, hoping it could boost housing prices.
A recent "winner" in Beijing put out a huge advertisement saying the complex has been awarded the UN Habitat Scroll of Award, the report said.
These fakes could be bought for 360,000 yuan (US$53,000) from a Chinese association. The report did not reveal the name of the association.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said in 2009 that the only way to win a UN Habitat award is to apply to the ministry for it.
Only 19 Chinese organizations have received the actual award since 1990. The real winners were either city governments or former ministers, honored for contributions in improving housing conditions for residents.
These "award winning" complexes were all for sale, and therefore excluded from qualifying for the actual UN Habitat Scroll of Award, because those are given only to public welfare programs.
But developers were still keen to buy the fakes to make their properties sound better and sell better, People's Daily online reported yesterday.
At least 200 Chinese residential complexes for sale bought the fake award in the last five years, the report said.
Instead of being ashamed of the phony award, they bragged about it, hoping it could boost housing prices.
A recent "winner" in Beijing put out a huge advertisement saying the complex has been awarded the UN Habitat Scroll of Award, the report said.
These fakes could be bought for 360,000 yuan (US$53,000) from a Chinese association. The report did not reveal the name of the association.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said in 2009 that the only way to win a UN Habitat award is to apply to the ministry for it.
Only 19 Chinese organizations have received the actual award since 1990. The real winners were either city governments or former ministers, honored for contributions in improving housing conditions for residents.
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