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August 15, 2005

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It's official. China's State Council are party poopers. The SCMP:

Extravagant banquets and ceremonies for anti-poverty projects have been banned after scandals emerged involving officials lavishly spending on such events in China's most impoverished areas. A State Council circular said local authorities should use poverty-alleviation funds granted by the central government to improve people's basic living standards.

Residents should be involved in the decision, construction and management of poverty-alleviation projects, the circular said. It added that officials should not hold grand ceremonies for projects. They should seek to save every single "watt of electricity, drop of water and sheet of paper".

Last month, Jinping county in Yunnan province was found to have spent 3.5 million yuan on a celebration for the 20th anniversary of its founding. The county, with an annual income of 38.5 million yuan last year, had raised the funds through compulsory donations from cadres and government departments.

What's the point of running anti-poverty projects if you can't use the funds for a massive knees-up every once in a while. How else will the poor blighters know what they're missing out on?

No word on how Hong Kong's gilt-edged Poverty Commission will deal with the news.

 posted by Simon on 08.15.05 at 09:44 AM in the




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