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June 22, 2005
Women only at hotel swimming pools in KL
"In a move to attract more Arab tourists to Malaysia, men may have to vacate hotel swimming pools at certain hours so that women can have the pools to themselves.
Some hotels in Kuala Lumpur have allocated time for women to swim, from 6pm to 9pm."
Thank you very much - I don't agree, especially when I read on: "But if the men want to look at them from their hotel rooms, I don't want to interfere," according to Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
What sense does this make, if it makes sense at all? There are more tourists that visit Malaysian hotels, and honestly, this one makes more sense to me to promote tolerance and mutual understanding.
Not a very WoW news, is it? But then, this is Malaysia - it won't go through, I hope
Posted by Andreas at June 22, 2005 03:54 PM
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should have been a doctor... so that i can open up to see what the **** is in the heads of these people...
Posted by: Lrong at June 23, 2005 03:53 PM
dunno how they pinpoint swimming pool as a tourist attraction.
Posted by: kimberlycun at June 22, 2005 06:25 PM
Note : "doing this and that and spend more money..."
typo sikit =P
Posted by: S-Kay at June 22, 2005 06:11 PM
It's just plain silly how they're trying so very hard to accomodate these group of tourist. I mean, they love our country enough already to come here and spend every year, why not just sit and welcome them with open arms instead of going through the hassle of doing this and spend more money. OK, maybe it'll help. Maybe we wanna show that we're sensitive towards their culture and all so that more will visit us every year but it's too much when they ignore how others feel . Now lets all just hope that they'll share the income they generate every year from these tourist with us =)
Posted by: S-Kay at June 22, 2005 06:09 PM
Well, if they can practice separate check out counters for different genders at some other state in the country, anything is possible *throwing hands up in despair*!! Maybe then,they should put hidden cameras in the rooms to make sure no male guests walk close to the windows during 6pm to 9 pm to take that peep!
Posted by: bkworm at June 22, 2005 04:45 PM