Sisters hailed for dropping study to join civil service

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-19 08:51

Two sisters from Dali, Yunnan province, were dubbed "the proudest twins" by netizens when they opted to leave school after just two months of postgraduate study for jobs as civil servants.

The twins, named Peng Guo and Peng Bin, are good students and entered Yunnan University together four years ago.

They both passed the exams and were admitted for post-graduate studies, one at Wuhan University and the other in Yunnan University.

Although most people admired them, both decided to drop out because they passed the national civil service exams and intend to work for the commercial and industrial administration bureau and Qubei court in Yunnan's Wenshan prefecture.

Despite strong opposition from their teachers, the twins decided to start working later this month.

Many netizens applauded their decisions, saying it was difficult to find government jobs.

(Yunnan Information Daily)