Posted on 08/06/2011 9:33:23 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Largely due to the construction of golf courses in the first half of 2011, China saw 30,000 instances of illegal land use resulting in 18,533 hectares of land being illegally developed. China had 490 18-hole golf courses by the end of last year, but only 10 of them were officially licensed, the official China Daily reports. The Ministry of Land and Resources said that to circumvent a 2004 government ban on golf course construction developers label them green space or parks when they apply for permits. Authorities have investigated 8,894 cases of illegal land use and referred 698 offenders to judicial and disciplinary bodies; yet only six local officials were punished in the first quarter of 2011. Golf generated 60 billion yuan (or $9.2 billion) last year in China, but is a drain on the country’s dwindling fresh water resources, Time reports.
Sneaky bastards...
Article 43. Working people in the People's Republic of China have the right to rest. The state expands facilities for rest and recuperation of working people, and prescribes working hours and vacations for workers and staff.Watch them reinterpret golfing as "work" now.
Saw on discovery where a couple of fools decided to break the law on land usage in china, parts of their bodies are still living, an organ here an organ there.
Ubama would approve.
Golf has traditionally been looked down on in communist nations as a capitalist sport.
Capitalism always wins; it’s ironic really that such a capitalist sport is now effectively so desired that the government is now illegally seizing land to build them via Communist strong arm approaches. In China, the wonders never cease.
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