News from China .... - MBClub UK

Howard · 12-06-2007, 07:47 PM

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has jailed two officials after they let a blind contractor build a bridge which collapsed during construction and injured 12 people, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

Huang Wenge, township head of Bujia in the southeastern province of Jiangxi, and colleague Xia Jianzhong were sentenced to 18 months and one year in jail, respectively, for not stopping the project, Xinhua said.

"Huang Wenge and Xia Jianzhong, who were in charge of road management and supervision, did not ask the contractors to provide certificates guaranteeing their proficiency," it said, citing the court ruling.

"When they knew the bridge was being built by a blind contractor, they did not stop it," it said, adding the contractor had changed the blueprint without getting a professional to look at the design.

"After the blind contractor changed the blueprint, he carried out the work only using a roughly drawn draft of the plan, which caused the bridge to collapse," the report said.

Xinhua did not explain how the contractor was able to run the project considering his inability to see.

LMAO

**jaymanek** · 13-06-2007, 12:08 PM

only in america...

oh... wait.... china?!!

**BlackC55** · 13-06-2007, 12:08 PM

blind leading the blind

Gucci · 13-06-2007, 01:30 PM

Venetian blind contractors should stick to what they know

fuzzer · 13-06-2007, 01:45 PM

you would have thought they might have seen that one coming .....

glojo · 13-06-2007, 01:55 PM

They are also spending billions to build huge canals that will allow water to flow to the barren Northern areas of China. The snag is the rivers are all so badly polluted the water is toxic and NOTHING will grow, and anything that tries drinking it will be poisoned.

The northern half of China is drying out. Demands on the three rivers that flow eastward into the North China Plain-the Hai, the Yellow, and the Huai-are excessive, leading them to run dry during the dry season, sometimes for extended periods of time. The flow of the Yellow River into Shandong Province-the last of the eight provinces it flows through en route to the sea, and China's leading grain-producing province-has been reduced from 40 billion cubic meters (1 cu. meter = 1 ton) a year in the early 1980s to 25 billon cubic meters during the 1990s.

fredfloggle · 14-06-2007, 07:34 PM

Being pedantic , 1 CuM = 1 tonne

12-06-2007, 07:47 PM	#1
Howard Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toad Hall Car: 2 x CLK 430 / 1 x A190 Posts: 16,462	News from China .... BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court has jailed two officials after they let a blind contractor build a bridge which collapsed during construction and injured 12 people, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Huang Wenge, township head of Bujia in the southeastern province of Jiangxi, and colleague Xia Jianzhong were sentenced to 18 months and one year in jail, respectively, for not stopping the project, Xinhua said. "Huang Wenge and Xia Jianzhong, who were in charge of road management and supervision, did not ask the contractors to provide certificates guaranteeing their proficiency," it said, citing the court ruling. "When they knew the bridge was being built by a blind contractor, they did not stop it," it said, adding the contractor had changed the blueprint without getting a professional to look at the design. "After the blind contractor changed the blueprint, he carried out the work only using a roughly drawn draft of the plan, which caused the bridge to collapse," the report said. Xinhua did not explain how the contractor was able to run the project considering his inability to see. LMAO __________________

13-06-2007, 12:08 PM	#3
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13-06-2007, 12:08 PM	#2
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13-06-2007, 01:30 PM	#4
Gucci Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Car: Volvo V50 R-Design Sport SE D5 Posts: 1,948	Venetian blind contractors should stick to what they know

13-06-2007, 01:45 PM	#5
fuzzer Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glasgow Car: W202 C240 Posts: 7,933	you would have thought they might have seen that one coming .....

13-06-2007, 01:55 PM	#6
glojo Hardcore MB Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Torquay Car: S211 Sprinter 213CDI, & the new T-class Posts: 14,149	They are also spending billions to build huge canals that will allow water to flow to the barren Northern areas of China. The snag is the rivers are all so badly polluted the water is toxic and NOTHING will grow, and anything that tries drinking it will be poisoned. The northern half of China is drying out. Demands on the three rivers that flow eastward into the North China Plain-the Hai, the Yellow, and the Huai-are excessive, leading them to run dry during the dry season, sometimes for extended periods of time. The flow of the Yellow River into Shandong Province-the last of the eight provinces it flows through en route to the sea, and China's leading grain-producing province-has been reduced from 40 billion cubic meters (1 cu. meter = 1 ton) a year in the early 1980s to 25 billon cubic meters during the 1990s.

14-06-2007, 07:34 PM	#7
fredfloggle Banned Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,437	Being pedantic , 1 CuM = 1 tonne

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