Villagers get apology
By Claire Wang |
November 3, 2010, Wednesday
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A COUNTY chief in southwest China apologized to villagers who were forced to spend thousands of yuan to paint the exterior walls of their houses for a government image project.
Wen Fei, chief governor of Pingle County in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said the local government was seeking quick success and immediate gains without thinking of villagers' actual needs, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
His apology came after China Central Television reported that poverty-stricken villagers, living alongside a highway linking Guilin to Wuzhou, were ordered to spend several thousand yuan to paint their exterior walls in a bid to make the houses look nice for people coming from other areas.
Chen Jiandi was asked to give the government 4,000 yuan so it could organize a team to paint the walls. Chen, who works in Guangdong Province, can only send 7,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan a year to his wife, children and parents. His house doesn't even have doors because he couldn't afford it.
Li Shujun, director of Pingle's construction bureau, claimed the policy was to improve living conditions among villagers.
Wen Fei, chief governor of Pingle County in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said the local government was seeking quick success and immediate gains without thinking of villagers' actual needs, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
His apology came after China Central Television reported that poverty-stricken villagers, living alongside a highway linking Guilin to Wuzhou, were ordered to spend several thousand yuan to paint their exterior walls in a bid to make the houses look nice for people coming from other areas.
Chen Jiandi was asked to give the government 4,000 yuan so it could organize a team to paint the walls. Chen, who works in Guangdong Province, can only send 7,000 yuan to 8,000 yuan a year to his wife, children and parents. His house doesn't even have doors because he couldn't afford it.
Li Shujun, director of Pingle's construction bureau, claimed the policy was to improve living conditions among villagers.
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