Serfs' freedom day gets nod in Tibet

LHASA: Tibetan legislators endorsed a bill yesterday to designate March 28 as an annual Serfs Emancipation Day, to mark the date on which about 1 million serfs in the region were freed 50 years ago.

The bill was submitted last week to the second annual session of the 9th regional people's congress for review.

"The 382 legislators attending the session unanimously voted for the proposal," Legqog, director of the standing committee of the Tibetan autonomous regional people's congress, said.