GPS to help stop abuse of public vehicles

SHANGHAI - To prevent public officials from using government vehicles for private purposes, the 439 government cars in Songyang county of East China's Zhejiang province will be installed with Global Positioning System (GPS) devices.

Lu Jingtian, head of the publicity department of the Communist Party of China Songyang committee, told China Daily on Thursday that GPS devices had been installed in 116 government cars by Jan 20.

And the devices will go into a further 323 vehicles by the end of this month. The cars belong to 75 government organizations and State-owned companies in Songyang county, Lu said.