Government workers sacked for playing poker during office hours
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-23 20:05
More than 260 government workers in Chuzhou city, east China's Anhui
province, were either given disciplinary warns or sacked for playing computer
games or poker during office hours, according to a local newspaper report.
In a bid to improve government work efficiency, the local government since
2005 investigated 75 local governmental departments, institutions and
organizations for slackness, said a local official quoted by Xin'an Evening
News. The paper did not give the official's name.
Numerous government workers were found to be habitually late for work or
would play cards and computer games during work time. They were given warnings
or fired according to the severity of their slackness.
"Playing pokers or computer games, may seem by some officials as trivial, but
it ruins the overall image of local government and should be prohibited," said
the official with the Chuzhou City Work Efficiency Inspection
Office.
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