Friday, June 20, 2008

Ilmu Menghadiri Majlis Rasmi Pun Tak Tahu Ke?

He fought tooth and nail in the general election to get into the state assembly to make a stand, but at its first sitting yesterday he got himself thrown out.

Bentayan assemblyman Gwee Tong Hiang and his wife following the state assembly proceedings from the public gallery after he was evicted. — NST picture by Amran Hamid

Bentayan assemblyman Gwee Tong Hiang and his wife following the state assembly proceedings from the public gallery after he was evicted. — NST picture by Amran Hamid

Bentayan assemblyman Gwee Tong Hiang of the DAP was asked to leave the state assembly yesterday because he was not wearing the ceremonial attire for the occasion.

Gwee was asked to do so by the Speaker, Datuk Mohd Ali Hassan, at 9.45am before the opening ceremony.

Instead of donning the white Nehru collared tunic and songkok ceremonial attire worn by other assemblymen, Gwee chose a dark blue business suit without a songkok.

Komen:

Kalau budak-budak kecil yang baru bersekolah, keluarga mereka akan keluarkan sedikit wang untuk membeli pakaian baru untuk anak-anak mereka ini. Semua orang tahu bahawa pakaian seragam untuk kesekolah itu penting dan tiada siapa akan pertikaikannya. Alasan seperti tidak mengetahui tentang hal-hal begini tidak dapat diterima kerana sebagai seorang manusia dan berkerakyatan Malaysia, sudah semestinya ia mudah untuk diketahui apatah lagi difahami.

Apabila menghadiri majlis kematian, semua orang tahu apakah pakaian yang sesuai. Biarlah menghadiri majlis kematian dari keturunan lain yang nyatanya berbeza, semua seakan sudah faham apakah pakaian yang perlu dikenakan agar bersesuaian dengan keadaan pada waktu itu. Tidak pernah kita lihat majlis kematian dikenakan pakaian seakan mahu pergi bersantai apatah lagi pakaian yang dipergayakan untuk kemajlis keraian perniagaan yang lengkap dengan kemeja, tali leher sebagainya.

Apabila pula kita menghadiri sesuatu majlis perkahwinan pernahkah kita melihat sesorang hadir dengan mengenakan pakaian berlatarkan majlis kematian. Bukankah pelik begitu ? Jadi soal pakaian ini merupakan sesuatu yang mudah difahami umum apatah lagi setiap orang mempunyai gaya dan fesyennya yang tersendiri. Cuma mereka yang dikategorikan terencat akalnya atau pun bangang mindanya sahaja yang bertindak untuk berpakaian berbeza dalam semua keadaan. Mungkin 1 dalam 10 ribu kita akan lihat manusia begini dalam kelompok masyarakat kita di abad ini.

Jadi masalah tidak faham tentang etika pakaian yang disuarakan oleh DAP dilihat tidak sepatutnya timbul. Tidakkah mereka belajar dari kesilapan yang lalu. Apa mereka terlalu bodoh, ego atau hipokrit untuk tidak mengikut etika pakaian yang ditetapkan atau mereka merupakan kelompok manusia lemah yang hanya muncul 1 dalam 10 ribu dalam Malaysia kini. Sekarang mudah untuk kita fahami bahawa dalam kepesatan ekonomi sekarang masih ada insan yang mindanya terkebelakang dan goblok dalam memahami etika pakaian yang sesuai.

MUTUNYA, GAYANYA DAN KEUNGGULANNYA = Manusia zaman Paleolitik

1 comment:

WaZiRai said...

berita terbaru mengenai si buta fesyen nih:

(NST) - Having made the headlines for not wearing the official attire at the state assembly opening ceremony on Thursday, DAP's Gwee Tong Hiang has now chosen to keep mum about the whole episode after it had become known that his action had not gone down well with the Sultan of Johor.

The Bentayan state assemblyman, when contacted yesterday, said he would rather not comment on the issue any more.

On Saturday, Sultan Iskandar made his feelings known in Kulai while at a ceremony to declare Kulai Jaya as a new district and called for Gwee to step before him.

Meanwhile, Johor DAP will submit a comprehensive report on the matter to its central committee before the end of this week.
Its chairman, Dr Boo Cheng Hau said the party's state committee held a closed-door emergency meeting in Batu Pahat yesterday and decided to explain the controversial issue to the party's central committee.

He said the state DAP had no power to take any action against Gwee.

"We are waiting for the directive from the central committee on the issue."

Dr Boo, who is Skudai assemblyman, said he had informed all DAP assemblymen to abide by the state government's directive on the attire while attending state assembly sessions.

He nonetheless said the government should consider giving leeway to the people to express themselves freely on the proper attire during palace and official functions.

On Thursday, Gwee, who wore a business suit instead of the ceremonial attire that included the songkok for the opening of the current state assembly session, was instructed by speaker Datuk Mohd Ali Hassan not to attend the ceremony.