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This is an archive article published on September 10, 2009

Wearing shorts to work can get you fired!

Showing up at work in shorts may not be a good idea – ask the Chinese official who learnt it the hard way.

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Showing up at work in shorts may not be a good idea – ask the Chinese official who learnt it the hard way.

An official of the shipping administration bureau of Haikou,Hainan province,was shown the door for wearing a pair of shorts to the workplace.

Xu,a deputy section chief,was on a law-enforcement inspection visit while sporting the inappropriate attire,reports the China Daily.

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The official faced the consequences after a shipping logistics firm reported the incident.

Xu was fired by the bureau in a bid to “raise the bureau’s image following a high-level emergency meeting.”

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