Just as a matter of debate... should public figures take everything that comes their way which happens to be "entirely sponsored" and "in no way a burden on the Goan taxpayer"? Lots of diverse things come in such packages.
FN 2008/5/13 Sandeep Heble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Aires Rodrigues wrote on Goanet: > > >>Panaji's Deputy Mayor, Mr. Yatin Parekh may be the only one, of the hordes > to have made official trips abroad, to make some observations on his trip. > >>With modern technology all these foreign trips are a wasteful expenditure > as > all information and knowledge one seeks is on the internet. > >>These so called learning expeditions are virtually shopping, > sightseeing and merry-making jaunts at taxpayer's expense. > > > While I will generally agree with the main crux of Aires's post, the > Deputy Mayor's case is slightly different. > > Around 400 Mayors from China and other parts of the World attended the > International Mayor's Forum on Tourism that was held in the Chinese > city of Zhengzhou. The Chinese Forum organizing committee bore the > entire costs of the visit including travel, stay and sightseeing > expenses of all the delegates. > > Yatin Parekh's trip was thus entirely sponsored and was in no way a > burden on the Goan Tax payers.
