When civil servants get a dressing down


Mustafa K. Anuar

The writer says a person with health issues would not have the time and frame of mind to think of choosing appropriate items of clothing to wear for a rushed hospital visit. – Facebook pic, February 17, 2023.

THE idiomatic expression, “The Emperor has no clothes,” may not even go down well with certain government officials at the rate they are going with their overzealous application of so-called dress codes at government premises.

This, incidentally, is despite the fact that the said expression does aptly depict the social reality where a group of people adopt a herd mentality in believing that their leader can do no wrong, including indulgence in massive corruption.


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  • What do you expect from a bigoted, racist and stupid MALAYsian civil service?

    Posted 1 year ago by Jeevaraj Nadarajah