Saturday March 19, 2011
Promoters summoned for being ‘sexy’
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Compiled by Ng Si Hooi
TWO women were issued summonses for not wearing T-shirts with sleeves reaching their elbows while on duty at a motor company in Kota Baru last week, Sin Chew Daily reported.
The women, who were wearing the T-shirts promoting the company’s new car series, were cited by a Kota Baru Municipal Council enforcement officer.
The company’s managing director was upset over the summons, saying the council was moving backwards by implementing such a rule.
“The sleeves already covered their elbows but they were told it did not abide by the dress code for Muslim women,” he said, adding that he would pay the summonses for his employees.
The council’s public relations chief Azman Dahan refuted the claim that enforcement officers only picked on Chinese operators and businessmen.
He urged operators and businessmen to follow the municipal council’s by-laws as the council would be intensifying its enforcement.
On March 6, the council took action against a beauty salon owner for allowing an employee to wear a three-quarter-sleeved blouse at work.
The salon owner was issued a summons under the municipal’s Trade and Industry 1989 By-law.
She accused the council of double standards as other establishments had workers who did not wear headscarves.
The Kelantan Government had recently come under heavy criticism after it banned the sale of lottery tickets.
