Six Enterprises Apologize for Pollution     

On December 27th, 2007 six enterprises in eastern China's Zhejiang province published a letter of apology in a local newspaper, saying they are sorry for polluting the environment and would rectify the situation.
    The remorseful enterprises in Zhejiang included two paper mills, two electroplating factories and two printing and dyeing factories. They were ordered to apologize to the public by the municipal bureau of environment protection of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang. They were also fined.
  "The apology order is meant to shame pollution enterprises and their executives and ensure that the public know what happens. We want to tell the enterprises that the public detest pollution", said Dai Beijun, Chief of the Zhejiang Provincial Environmental Protection Bureau.
    The six enterprises also promised to suspend production and invest more in pollution control, so as to meet related requirements by the end of January 2008.