{"id":6927,"date":"2015-06-26T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T09:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=6927"},"modified":"2015-06-26T18:10:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T10:10:15","slug":"dato-sebastian-on-the-sarong-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=6927","title":{"rendered":"Dato Sebastian on the &#8220;sarong&#8221; incidents."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent media stories on enforced dressing code in the form of \u2018sarong\u2019 when entering government agencies has indeed portrayed Malaysia as a rigid and intolerant country, said Secretary General of Sarawak United Peoples\u2019 Party, Dato\u2019 Sebastian Ting.<\/p>\n<p>Ting said he was dismayed and indeed shocked to read about the recent cases in the Road Transport Department, the hospital and worried that if these incidents were to be left unchecked,\u00a0 it would give the country a bad image, contrary to being moderate. The whole world is looking at us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDressing is a personal choice.\u00a0 How one dresses not only reflects on one&#8217;s sense of fashion, but also shows a level of decorum towards others, including a sense of propriety.\u00a0 Of course, in any religious buildings, one must show our sense of respect for the religion of others by proper dressing and following the rules placed outside,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ting believed that the dressing rules placed at the government buildings were for the civil service, which all have their own dress codes\u00a0 and not for the public.\u00a0 Visitors, he added, should have their own sense of decency in terms of dressing when visiting others\u2019 dwellings &#8211; including government buildings.\u00a0 Dressing in official functions also shows one\u2019s sense of respect,\u00a0 not only towards oneself, but to others as well.<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports in the media where guards became the guardians of dress codes is totally improper\u00a0 and incorrect.\u00a0 \u201cThey are there for the purpose of security.\u00a0 If and when a visitor dresses improperly, then she should be requested to stand aside and politely told about her sense of dressing.\u00a0 They should not go overboard as to order visitors unfairly and embarrassing them in the eyes of others. Genuine respect must be accorded to a lady..&#8221;\u00a0 he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>Saying that Malaysia is an open society, one should respect one another, immaterial of colour, race, religion or beliefs.\u00a0 This should be extended to dressing and not forced on others, he said.<\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;sarong&#8221; incident should not happen and must never allow to happen in Sarawak as it will only create uneasiness amongst not only the ladies but their family members as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/proper-dress-code.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6928\" alt=\"proper dress code\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/proper-dress-code-190x300.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/proper-dress-code-190x300.jpg 190w, http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/proper-dress-code.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent media stories on enforced dressing code in the form of \u2018sarong\u2019 when entering government agencies has indeed portrayed Malaysia as a rigid and intolerant country, said Secretary General of Sarawak United Peoples\u2019 Party, Dato\u2019 Sebastian Ting. Ting said he was dismayed and indeed shocked to read about the recent cases in the Road Transport Department, the hospital and worried that if these incidents were to be left unchecked,\u00a0 it would give the country a bad image, contrary to being moderate. The whole world is looking at us. \u201cDressing is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=6927\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6927"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6929,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6927\/revisions\/6929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}