Quotable

"The State Council is so far away from here. This is the property bureau of Loudi city. How did the complaints reach Beijing?"

An employee surnamed Zhou at the property bureau in Loudi, Hunan province, responded on Sunday to a call from a journalist asking why the bureau granted a 10-day Spring Festival holiday rather than following the State Council's regulation of granting seven days' leave. A netizen complained online about the bureau's practice after finding the bureau didn't operate on Saturday.