Chinese authorities detain 74 people in latest lead poisoning scandal
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1132266/1/.html
172 people have fallen ill due to lead poisoning in eastern China and authorities have detained 74 people, suspending operations at hundreds of factories in the area. Many of the factories have been found to have violated environmental standards and levied fines which amounted up to 8.22 million yuan.
My opinion is that these 74 people, who are most probably the masterminds, are extremely self-centred and greedy. They are the heads of the companies that own the factories and are almost definitely wealthy, unlike many of their workers, who are probably middle-class people or poor people who need their jobs desperately. These 74 however, only cared about cutting costs and production time and did not spare a thought for their employees, especially those who are struggling financially. I do not think that the masterminds bothered to consider or knew and did not care about the consequences of doing so. When the operations were suspended in factories, the workers would be out of a job and those poor ones would have no income to sustain himself or his family. This may even lead him or her to commit rash acts such as stealing in order to survive, which may then land him in hot soup. Hence, by deciding to cut costs and production time via illegal means just to save some money which they do not really need, the 74, and any others that are responsible, have effectively doomed some of the workers in their companies. Hence, my opinion is that they are self-centred and greedy.
172 people have fallen ill due to lead poisoning in eastern China and authorities have detained 74 people, suspending operations at hundreds of factories in the area. Many of the factories have been found to have violated environmental standards and levied fines which amounted up to 8.22 million yuan.
My opinion is that these 74 people, who are most probably the masterminds, are extremely self-centred and greedy. They are the heads of the companies that own the factories and are almost definitely wealthy, unlike many of their workers, who are probably middle-class people or poor people who need their jobs desperately. These 74 however, only cared about cutting costs and production time and did not spare a thought for their employees, especially those who are struggling financially. I do not think that the masterminds bothered to consider or knew and did not care about the consequences of doing so. When the operations were suspended in factories, the workers would be out of a job and those poor ones would have no income to sustain himself or his family. This may even lead him or her to commit rash acts such as stealing in order to survive, which may then land him in hot soup. Hence, by deciding to cut costs and production time via illegal means just to save some money which they do not really need, the 74, and any others that are responsible, have effectively doomed some of the workers in their companies. Hence, my opinion is that they are self-centred and greedy.
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