Gender segregation at hair salons outrageous; causes unjust income loss on non-Muslims

MCA’s sounding the alarm that PAS’ policies will affect non-Muslim is once again proven in the recent case where the Kota Bharu Municipal Council (MPKB) slapped summons against Chinese, non-Muslim female hair salon owners after deeming that they had committed an offence in cutting the hair of non-Muslim male clients. Section 107(2) of the Local Council Act by-laws forbids unisex services at Kota Bharu hair salons irrespective of religion.

In claiming that non-Muslims are not subject to PAS hudud enactments nor would they affect non-Muslims, PAS is lying absolutely through their teeth. This deception is designed to appear moderate and win non-Muslim ballots. The hair dressers’ case in Kota Bharu is just another example as to how PAS policies causes unjust income loss on non-Muslim entrepreneurs trying to earn an honest living.

Livelihoods stunted

It is bad enough that PAS tears families apart when it enforces separated check out counters and cinemas in Kelantan, but the extension of this gender segregation ruling to hair salons owners results with unnecessary economic hardship and talent loss. This is because, in addition to having to pay fines, proprietors would have to reduce hiring employees or even releasing a few of them as they cannot accept clients of the opposite gender which effectively leads to a reduction of clients coming to their hair salon.

Hair stylists would also have to leave Kelantan state to seek a living in other states, while consumers maybe burdened with higher costs as hair dressers raise their prices to cover rental and other overheads.

PAS must stop treating people as immature

The premises of the hair salon is transparent, whereby outsiders can see through the glass walls the hair dressers cutting, colouring or perming their customers’ hair. Hence, it is impossible to carry out form of unsavoury or obscene activity in broad daylight at a public outlet.

Something must be very warped with PAS’ mentality to assume that any form of contact between a pair of scissors, comb and hair dye with the hair of the opposite gender leads to lust. Such self-righteousness spells sheer hypocrisy like the holier-than-thou Talibans who had no qualms oppressing their own people.

Who cares for DAP’s consensus call? PAS? Not at all

DAP Secretary General Lim Guan Eng’s declaration that so long as there is no consensus or that PAS’ proposals are not contained in Pakatan’s Buku Jingga, PAS hudud enactments will not be adopted. However, the Kelantan scenario clearly shows that PAS does not care a twig as to what DAP announces.

DAP wields no influence at all in trying to reason with PAS. Hence, DAP will not be able to protect the non-Muslim community but paradoxically is only helping PAS to subjugate Malaysians further no different from the Taliban regime.

Tan Cheng Liang
Wanita MCA Penang chairman

林氏父子更应为失职而辞职

（吉隆坡1日讯) 马华槟州妇女组主席陈清凉揶揄林吉祥，数十年以来挑战过无数的政治人物辞职，但是他自己却从来不需要为本身的失职而辞职。林吉祥和林冠英父子俩动辄就要人引咎辞职，如果真正要计算，林氏父子早就应该因无法兑现的种种诺言而引咎辞职。

她今日是针对林吉祥声称，如果国会222名议员当中有超过半数，即至少112名议员赞成搁置落实自动执法系统（AES），交通部长江作汉便别无选择需为此引咎辞职一事，如此表示。

“倘若要数林吉祥和林冠英才更应该引咎辞职，我看他们父子俩也应该需要引咎辞职不下7次了！自林冠英上任首长以来，跳票的承诺多不胜数，其中有槟城泊车费收到午夜、承诺关闭双溪育收费站、原本建人民组屋的土地变成建私人医院、落实地方选举、老虎园计划告吹，发展山坡破坏自然生态以及承诺改善公共交通系统却做不到等等。不仅如此，林吉祥也曾许下跳票的承诺,当中有三宝山基金,高等教育基金,Shell官司基金等。

她补充，民联尤其行动党曾信口开河的许下许多承诺，但却从未对未落实的承诺作出交代和解释。民联常要求国阵政府在任何工程发展上保持透明度，但是最后却漠视透明、公开招标政策，而槟城人民最需要的是人民组屋，民联却将兴建人民组屋的土地兴建私人医院，完全没有顾及人民需求。

“林吉祥既然那么喜欢挑战别人辞职，那么他应该先叫自己的儿子引咎辞职才对。”

首长跳舞博宣传 不务实办事

(槟城23日讯) 马华槟州妇女组主席陈清凉揶揄林冠英与其花时间参与Ubah Rocket Style跳舞部分博宣传，倒不如时时在在的脚踏实地认真工作，特别是在林首长接手后升旗山缆车更是屡次出现事故，导致游客怨声四起。

“升旗山新缆车是中央旅游部拨款给州政府的工程，但是一年来却不断发生人为事故造成故障，中央政府甚至耗资6300万令吉建设第一等级的基本设施，但是槟州政府却因为管理不当，搞到最终第三级管理水准，导致新缆车刚启用不久就屡屡出现问题。”

她补充，在没有妥善解决和加强维修管理缆车新缆车问题之际，甚至还调涨缆车收费，一味只会自吹自擂说州政府的钱生钱之道。可是，在提升服务水准上却一点也没有进步改善。部分游客大吐苦水投诉缆车发生故障，导致受困山上错过班机，可见的州政府并没有因缆车故障吸取经验，而采取危机应变，因此其危机管理意识可谓差强人意。

她说，槟城乃东方之珠，这非但影响槟城名声，甚至冲击槟城旅游业，搞到旅客怨声四起。继本月15日发生的缆车事故问题，是新缆车于去年开始川行以来，至今已经发生不下10次的故障了。

“林冠英却只管花时间全国跑透透进行政治演讲入住布城，也不看看Ubah了的槟城现状，槟城的外来投资目前已跌至第7，交通严重阻塞、一雨成灾，以及无法落实的人民组屋等种种问题。”