BEIJING, July 31 -- Fifteen chengguan with college
degrees will be hired as Pudong district's Lujiazui strives to improve staff
quality.
"During the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the Lujiazui
area will be an important travel spot for both domestic and foreign tourists.
Thus, we need a high-quality urban management staff here so as to provide better
service," an official from the department said.
"Besides, the area has been short-handed for a long
time. This batch of new staffers is expected to help ease the problem," he said.
The new staff will be responsible for maintaining the
area's environment and public order and cracking down on illegal transport in
the area. Their income after taxes is about 2,000 yuan per month.
So far more than 100 people have applied for the
positions.
Meanwhile, officials from Shanghai Greenery and
Public Sanitation Bureau told China Daily yesterday that they have strengthened
the supervision of local urban management departments following the recent
beating of a street peddler by five urban management officials.
Local district and county urban departments are now
required to audit their staffing levels, especially for urban management
assistants, in terms of quantity and quality.
Unqualified staff members will be discharged after
evaluation under the campaign that will last until the end of the year, official
said.
"For many years, positions like urban management
assistants were mainly held by people in their 40s or 50s who were laid off and
stayed at home," an official surnamed Liu told China Daily.
"But as the city develops, younger, well-educated
people and more professional people have become a growing need," Liu said.
In addition, a new regulation that guides local urban
management officials on how to deal with goods confiscated from street peddlers
will take effect this Saturday.
Confiscated goods will be auctioned in local markets
if the owner fails to reclaim them. Also, proceeds from auction sales will be
given back to them after fines are deducted for running an unlicensed
business.
(Source: China Daily)
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