more restrictions on celebrities family

More Restrictions on Celebrities' Family Planning

A state government official said on Wednesday that celebrities would

be barred from entering awards competitions if they break the

one-child policy, several Beijing newspapers reported.

A government inspection in four cities last year found that most

celebrities and high-income families had at least two children, said

Mr. Yu Xuejun, an official from the National Population and Family

Planning Commission.

Mr. Yu said that his agency is drafting stricter rules to punish

celebrity violators, considering suggestions like establishing a "bad

record" archive for them and having them face heavy fine as well as

"social consequences," such as being barred from competing for awards.

As the country still enforces the one-child policy in order to control

population growth, the rule is supposed to be followed by the general

public. Celebrities and other high-income people, however, constantly

break the rule, because most of them do not care about paying fines or

losing government sponsored benefits, like most of the common folks

do.

People have seen such situation as very unfair and the government,

both national and local, has started to openly denounce the rich and

famous and take actions to curb the trend.

----by Josie Liu

http://www.stardaily.com.cn/view.asp?id=238157

http://bjyouth.ynet.com/article.jsp?oid=19138477

http://news.sohu.com/20070301/n248423790.shtml

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