Tuesday 20 October 2009

The price of development


Here's another hedonism culture being touted as 'vouge @ happening' by the Starbuck coffee latte generation. A generation produced after 52 years of independence ... 


Tuesday October 20, 2009

Sexy dances, wild antics and late hours at outlet

UPPER class and urban Malays are patronising an entertainment outlet in KL Sentral where girls perform sexy dances on top of the bar, Kosmo!reported in its front page.
The scantily-clad Malay girls attract the men with their gyrating dance moves. The outlet, which has been in operation for two years, opens for business until 5am.
A patron, who only wanted to be known as Faris, said most of the customers were upper class Malays.
The 30-something said the activities at the outlet continued because of the weak enforcement and the tidak apa attitude of the local community.
A check by the daily showed it was packed with couples between midnight and 4am.
Brickfields district police chief Asst Comm Wan Abdul Bari Wan Abdul Khalid said police had raided the outlet several times since early this year.
Among the offences committed included operating beyond the permissible time as well as consumption and trafficking of illegal drugs.
> Berita Harian front-paged a report about the proposed amendment to the National Language Act 1963 and the Education Act 1996 to empower Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) to penalise the private sector and agencies that fail to use Bahasa Malaysia in official dealings.
The Attorney-General Chambers is studying the matter. Under the proposed law, action would be taken against those not using Bahasa Malaysia during meetings, preparation of minutes and official functions.
A draft of the proposed amendments to the Acts has been discussed with the Education Ministry and would be tabled in Parliament.
The report quoted DBP director-general Datuk Termuzi Abdul Aziz as saying it was timely the Government empowered the agency.
Currently, he said DBP could only advise the private sector and its agencies to use Bahasa Malaysia. He said a circular had been issued in 2006 for the language to be used during official functions at all government departments.
He added that some countries, including Slovakia, were already penalising those who did not use the national languages during official functions.
He said Malaysia should be proud because Bahasa Malaysia ranked fifth in the world in terms of the number of speakers.

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