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Civil servant 'street show' can be useful
By China Youth Daily |
May 25, 2012, Friday
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IT'S easy for the public to regard civil servants offering free shoe polishing services as nothing but a publicity stunt.
Most opinions expressed on the Internet are against the "street show" in Shenzhen on May 15, when civil servants took to the streets and offered haircuts and shoeshining services.
According to those opinions, civil servants should stick to their own jobs and not compete with street shoeshiners.
In my view, however, "show" is a not a bad word in itself.
There are many other "shows," if you will, such as the World Car-free Day. So, a show is not ugly per se. The only problem with a show is if it isn't followed up afterwards. If our civil servants can regularly volunteer to be free street shoeshiners, that would be a good thing.
It is also worth remembering that those civil servants on the streets of Shenzhen are not necessarily incompetent in their work, any more than those who stayed at their desks are necessarily competent.
So don't treat all civil servants who took part in this street show as wasting taxpayers' money.
Most opinions expressed on the Internet are against the "street show" in Shenzhen on May 15, when civil servants took to the streets and offered haircuts and shoeshining services.
According to those opinions, civil servants should stick to their own jobs and not compete with street shoeshiners.
In my view, however, "show" is a not a bad word in itself.
There are many other "shows," if you will, such as the World Car-free Day. So, a show is not ugly per se. The only problem with a show is if it isn't followed up afterwards. If our civil servants can regularly volunteer to be free street shoeshiners, that would be a good thing.
It is also worth remembering that those civil servants on the streets of Shenzhen are not necessarily incompetent in their work, any more than those who stayed at their desks are necessarily competent.
So don't treat all civil servants who took part in this street show as wasting taxpayers' money.
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