Some senior officials pursue a luxury life

时间：2007-03-30 06:37:07

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Chinanews, Beijing, Mar1. 30 – While Chinese senior officials become more highly-educated than before, some corrupt2 senior officials also begin to cherish a high-quality life. Instead of taking bribery3 with a bald-faced attitude, they now prefer to accept gifts which can show that they have good taste, the China Biweekly Review reported.

 

Hao Heping, former head of the Medical Equipment Department under the State Food and Drug Administration, was a downright golf lover, before he was punished for taking bribes4. When he was still a senior official, he used to fly to various cities to play golf. Yet he only made 60,000 yuan a year and his wife’s annual salary was about 100,000 yuan. With such family income, he actually couldn’t afford to play golf at his own expense.

 

How could he manage to get enough money to play golf? He accepted bribes. He had three golf club membership cards, which were valued at 500,000 yuan. He was not the only official that played golf in this way. According to Luo Yifeng, a NPC deputy who has engaged in investigating corrupt practices among officials, many golf clubs regard public servants as their most important customers.

 

Some high-class entertainment venues5 cost even more money than golf courses. Many cities have set up top-class entertainment venues, where people can dine, keep fit, play various kinds of sports games, and enjoy performances in the same place. Sometimes these venues also offer pornographic performances. The main customers who visit these places include not only rich businesspeople, but also senior officials.

 

As rich people gather more wealth, a high-class social group has taken shape in society. People of this group sit at the top of the social pyramid. They live a luxury life, or even a super luxury life. In these social circumstances, some officials, who regard themselves as powerful people in society, cannot resist the temptation of a luxury life. Money and sex cannot satisfy them any more. Rather, they hope to become a member of the upper class. According to Zhou Guiying, a NPC deputy, living like an aristocrat6 has become their goal of life.

 
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1 mar f7Kzq     
vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟
参考例句：
  • It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
  • Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。
2 corrupt 4zTxn     
v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的
参考例句：
  • The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
  • This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。
3 bribery Lxdz7Z     
n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿
参考例句：
  • FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
  • He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
4 bribes f3132f875c572eefabf4271b3ea7b2ca     
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
5 venues c277c9611f0a0f19beb3658245ac305f     
n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点
参考例句：
  • The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
  • Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网
6 aristocrat uvRzb     
n.贵族，有贵族气派的人，上层人物
参考例句：
  • He was the quintessential english aristocrat.他是典型的英国贵族。
  • He is an aristocrat to the very marrow of his bones.他是一个道道地地的贵族。

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