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12-03-2003, 09:50 PM
M'sian group pro-marriage, not PCs
By Staff, CNETAsia
Thursday, December 4 2003 7:01 AM
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/personaltech/0,39001147,39160061,00.htm
A new idea from the Malaysian opposition party Pas: Forget computer skills training schemes for poor single women, and spend state funds on a campaign promoting polygamy instead.
The idea was mooted during a debate on the 2004 Budget speech by Pas assemblyman, Satiful Bahari Mamat for Terengganu state, one of two states that the Islamic party controls in Malaysia.
He said that polygamy was better than computer training for single women as they would have difficulty learning technical skills, the Star, a Malaysian daily, reported.
Previously, a Pas leader, Nik Aziz, the chief minister of Kelantan state, decreed that only ugly women should be employed by the state as attractive women would be able to find husbands instead.
Pas is campaigning to bring in strict Islamic laws but so far has been blocked by the national government, dominated by the Umno party. Polygamy is legal and practiced in Malaysia, although at present the wives' permission is required, except in the northern state of Perlis.
By Staff, CNETAsia
Thursday, December 4 2003 7:01 AM
http://asia.cnet.com/newstech/personaltech/0,39001147,39160061,00.htm
A new idea from the Malaysian opposition party Pas: Forget computer skills training schemes for poor single women, and spend state funds on a campaign promoting polygamy instead.
The idea was mooted during a debate on the 2004 Budget speech by Pas assemblyman, Satiful Bahari Mamat for Terengganu state, one of two states that the Islamic party controls in Malaysia.
He said that polygamy was better than computer training for single women as they would have difficulty learning technical skills, the Star, a Malaysian daily, reported.
Previously, a Pas leader, Nik Aziz, the chief minister of Kelantan state, decreed that only ugly women should be employed by the state as attractive women would be able to find husbands instead.
Pas is campaigning to bring in strict Islamic laws but so far has been blocked by the national government, dominated by the Umno party. Polygamy is legal and practiced in Malaysia, although at present the wives' permission is required, except in the northern state of Perlis.