Beijing Says Don’t Spit or Smoke
Published on October 30th, 2007
Posted in Uncategorized
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing residents have highlighted spitting, dumping rubbish, barbecues and smoking as the annoyances they would most like to see disappear from the city before next year’s Olympics.
More than 200,000 people responded to a survey conducted by the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau which asked for suggestions of what residents could do to clean up the city, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
“The air quality reflects the civilization of a city,” Zhang Baosen, an official of the EPB, told Xinhua. “To improve Beijing’s air quality during the Olympics needs the combined efforts of the government and the … city residents.”
