Punish officials who trade in stocks during office hours

"LET'S DELAY THE OFFICE MEETING one hour because people are busy trading". A report said a top official of a government office in the capital of an eastern province made this decision, which has drawn attention to the fact that many government officials were trading in stocks during office hours. Comments:

The fact that so many government officials could do personal work instead of attending to the demands of their jobs means there are too many of them. Some officials have complained that their salaries are rather low. So why not cut some government jobs and save taxpayers' money? And we have so many redundant government jobs that we can use the saved money to raise the salaries of the civil servants who are honest and dedicated to their jobs.

News Sichuan website, Sept 26