Beijing, Aug 19(ANI): China's Yueyang County in central Hunan Province has imposed a liquor ban on civil servants during working hours.
According to the new law, civil servants may face fines or can be even dismissed from service if they consume alcoholic beverages during working hours.
The liquor ban extends to civil servants in both government departments and state-owned enterprises.
However, civil servants can request for lifting of ban for special occasions,Xinhua reports.
The county government said the liquor ban aims to combat corruption, build an ethical government and improve work efficiency.
The county government has also established a special office to deal with reports of violations.
The first liquor ban was imposed in Xinyang of central Henan Province in 2007.
But liquor companies are not happy about the new measure and had earlier repeatedly lobbied for it to be revoked.(ANI)
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